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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: leonce sandra <sonia_1960ibrahim@libero.it>
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2014 19:41:30 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Please read content of message and reply now




Calvary Greetings in the name of the LORD Almighty and Our LORD JESUS CHRIST
the giver of every good thing.

Good day and compliments of the seasons, i know this letter will definitely
come to you as a huge surprise, but I implore you to take the time to go
through it carefully as the decision you make will go off a long way to
determine my future and continued existence. I am an aging widow suffering from
long time cancer of the throat.

I have some funds I inherited from my late husband, the sum of 9.5Millions
Euros and I needed a very honest and God fearing Christian who can withdraw
this money then use the funds for Charity works. I WISH TO GIVE THIS FUNDS TO
YOU FOR CHARITY WORKS. I contacted you after studying your background after
honest prayers to the LORD to bring me a helper and i decided to contact you to
handle these trust funds in good faith before anything happens to me .

I am desperately in keen need of assistance and I have summoned up courage to
contact you for this task, you must not fail me and the millions of the poor
people in our todays WORLD. This is no stolen money and there are no dangers
involved,100% RISK FREE with full legal proof.

Please if you would be able to use the funds for the Charity works please
kindly let me know immediately

Warmest Regards,

Mrs.leonce

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