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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: "Burghardt Susan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <princeken476@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2015 00:31:56 +0100
Subject: MY INHERITANCE OFFER TO YOU

Dear beloved one,

I am sure this mail would be coming to you as a surprise since we have never met before and you would also be

asking why I have decided to chose you amongst the numerous internet users in the world, precisely I cannot say

why I have chosen you but do not be worried for I come in peace and something very positive is about to happen to

your life right now and to the lives of others through you if only you can carefully read and digest the message

below. The internet has made the world global villages where you can reach anybody you have not met before.

Before I move further, permit me to give you a little of my biography, I am Mother Burghardt Susan, 87 Years old

woman and the wife of Late Sir Burghardt who died in a Plane crash on Monday the 7th of September 1998 GMT 14:22

UK while they were flying from United State to Geneva. Please see site below for more information.

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/index.html

After the death of my husband I became the Head of his investment and now that I am old and weak I have decided

to spend the rest of my life with my family and loved ones whom I never had time for during the course of my

business life, but before the death of my husband we had a plan to use the last days of our lives to donate half

of what we have worked for to the less privilege and charity homes and the other half for ourselves, family

members and close friends, and it is so unfortunate that my husband is not alive today to do this with me and I

am very weak and old now, hence I have decided to do this philanthropic work on behalf of my late husband and I.

Presently, I have willed out almost half of our assets to several charity homes and to some of the less privilege

in different countries. Despite the agreement between my late husband and I to give aid to the deprived, we also

agreed to render support to an individual we have not meet before in life due to the fact when we were still

young in life we receive an anonymous help from an individual we did not know and which we have not being able to

know till date, the impact we got from such gesture made us to do same.

I am sorry to inform you that you will never have the chance to know me because I have just concluded the

assignment which my husband and I have agreed upon before his sudden death and you happened to be the beneficiary

of our last WILL, irrespective of your previous financial status, hence I need you to do me a favor by accepting

our offer that will cost you nothing.

I have presently deposited a Cheque in the sum of 5,800,000.00 British Pounds with DHL express to deliver to you,

what you have to do now is to contact the DHL COURIER SERVICE as soon as possible to know when they will deliver

your package to you because of the expiring date.

For your information, I have paid for the delivering Charge, Insurance Premium and Clearance Certificate Fee of

the Cheque showing that it is not a Drug Money or meant to sponsor Terrorist attack in your Country

You have to contact the DHL COURIER SERVICE now for the delivery of your cheque with this information bellow;
Contact Person: Mr. Prince Ken

EmailAddress:prince.ken@email.com, dhlprinceken@gmail.com


Tell: +2348106624438

Again, you are not to pay for the delivering Charge, the Insurance premium and the Clearance Certificate Fee of

the Cheque because I have already paid for them, the only money you are expected to pay is 200 British Pounds for

the security keeping of the cheque so far.

I would have paid the fee but the company insisted that I should not because they don't know when you will be

contacting them and to avoid demurrage or further cost.

You are to reconfirm the below information to them to avoid any mistake on the Delivery.

Postal address;
Full Names:
Direct telephone number;

Below is the security keeping code: (SCT/0433/F) of your draft, you are to also present it to them for

verification before delivery.

Let me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail to avoid any further delay and remember

to ask them to provide you with the method they wish to use in receiving their security keeping fee of 200

British Pounds for their immediate action.

Note: Please I do not want you to thank me or my husband all I need you to do is to invest wisely with it and do

the same good to someone’s life someday as this is the only way this world would be a better community if we

render selfless services to one another.


Yours Faithfully
Mrs.Burghardt Susan

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