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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. Laura lindberg" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrslauralindberg1@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 12:09:11 -0700
Subject: Your Sister in Chris

God Bless You as You Devote Your Time Reading This Mail
 
 
May God Bless You as You read. I am Mrs Laura  Lindberg,suffering from
cancerous ailment.
 
 
I was married to Mr.Brian Lindberg,my husband worked with
Chevron/Texaco in the United Kingdom for twenty years before he died
in the year 2013 during the Spanish train crash which took him away
from me. copy paste the link below for news info on
edition.cnn.com/2013/07/30/world/europe/spain-train-crash  My late
husband deposited the sum of $ 25 Million (Twenty-Five Million
Dollars).
 
 
Recently,I am currently in India for the past two months undergoing
treatment and my Doctor told me that I have limited days to live due
to the stroke and cancerous problems I am suffering from.I have
decided to donate this funds to charity Home through you and want you
to use my husbands effort to fund the upkeep of widows and charities
worldwide.
 
 
I took this decision because I do not have any child that will inherit
this money and my husband relatives are bourgeois and very wealthy
persons and I do not want my husband hard earned money to be misused
so In This Faith i have decided so please be Obliged to do this for
GOD as i Await your urgent reply.
 
 
With God all things are possible.
Your Sister in Christ,
Mrs Laura  Lindberg.

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