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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: MRS. LINDA WILLIAM <williamlinda4@gmail.com>
Reply-To: williamlinda5@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 15:35:50 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Greetings in the name of God



Dear Friend,



Greetings in the name of God,Pls let this not sound strange to you

for my only surviving lawyer who would have done this died early this

year.i prayed and got your email id from your country's guest book

which i have been with my late husband and liked to visit once more if

God will in his infinite mercies.



I am Mrs. Linda William from London 58 years old, am suffering

from a long time cancer of the lungs which also affected my brain,from

all indication my conditions is really deteriorating and it is quite

obvious that, according to my doctors they have advised me that i may

not live for the next two months,this is because the cancer stage has

gotten to a very bad stage.



I was brought up from a motherless babies home was married to my

late husband for twenty years without a child ,my husband died in a

fatal motor accident Before his death we were true Christians.Since

his death I decided not to

re-marry,I sold all my inherited belongings and deposited all the

sum of (10 million dollars) with a First Inland Bank.



Presently, this money is still with them and the management just

wrote me as the true owner to come forward to receive the money for

keeping it so long or rather issue a letter of authorization to

somebody to receive it on my behalf since I can not come over because

of my illness or they get it confiscated.



Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital in Switzerland where I

have been undergoing treatment for cancer of the lungs. my doctors

have told me that I have only a few months to live.It is my last wish

to see that this money is invested to any organization of your choice

and distributed each year among the charity organization,the poor and

the motherless babies home.



I want you as God fearing person, to also use this money to fund

churches, orphanages and widows,I took this decision, before i rest in

peace because my time will so on be up.



As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of

the First Inland Bank.I will also issue you a letter of authority that

will prove you as the new beneficiary of my fund.



Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein.

You are requested to send to me the following information to enable me

use it to write a Letter of Authorization on your behalf to the bank

so that they will release the money to you as my new next of kin.



NAME: __________SURNAME:__________________SEX: _____ AGE:

______MARITAL:_______________COUNTRY: CONTACT ADDRESS:

________________________PHONE



NO#___________OCCUPATION:_______________



Please reply me through this my private email



Address: williamlinda5@hotmail.com



Hoping to hear from you soon.



Waiting for your reply



Thanks And God Bless



Mrs. Linda William


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