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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. Kate Darra" <jakamajakama@voila.fr>
Reply-To: mrs.kate63@yahoo.ca
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 08:28:52 -0800
Subject: Please Check Your MailBox



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Hello,

Greeting and peace be upon you as you read this message, I know this
letter will come to you as a huge surprise, but I implore you to take
the time to go through it carefully as the decision you'll make will go
a long way to facilitate my peaceful repose and the manifestation of my
last wish. My name is Mrs. Kate Darra; I am an Esophageal Cancer
patient, and presently hospitalized. My doctor says I have a few months
to live. I have been touched by God to donate from what I have inherited
from my late husband to you for good work of God. My present state of
health does not permit me to take any direct action here and I do not
wish to have the wealth of my late husband end up in the hands of
undeserving government officials. I need a very honest and God fearing
Christian/Muslim or any individual who I can make the executor of my
WILL and have this unclaimed funds released to so it could be used for
charity works.

MY GREATEST WISH IS TO GIVE THIS FUNDS SECURED AND USED FOR CHARITY
WORKS.I choose you after fasting and prayers the LORD should bring me a
helper and I decided to contact you if you may be willing and interested
to handle these trust funds in good faith before anything happens to me.
I am in urgent need of your cooperation and I believe a divine force is
driving me to contact you for this noble task; you must not fail me and
the millions of the poor people in our today's WORLD. This is my
legitimate inheritance and NOT stolen money and there are no dangers
involved as all is 100% RISK FREE with concrete legal proof. Please if
you would be able to cooperate with me as my legally appointed executor
of my last Will and Testament and ensure my
inheritance is put to good use benefiting the less privileged and
victims of natural disasters around the globe.

I will be going in for an operation soon. I decided to WILL/donate the
sum of $10,500,000.00 to you for the good work of God, to set up a
foundation for the orphanage, widows and other people around the world.

Can you make urgent trip to come and visit me? Please i will like to
know when repling back.

Am sorry if you are embarrassed by my mail. I found your e-mail address
in the web directory, and I have decided to contact
you, but if for any reason you find this mail offensive, you can ignore
it and please accept my apology.

I will need your Private Telephone and Fax Numbers, Your House/or
Company Address, Marital Status,Occupation to enable me link you up with
the bank.

I will provide you more details information after knowing your
willingness to handle this fund.

Thanks and God bless.

Mrs. Kate Darra

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