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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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Fraud email example:

From: maryk22christ@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 08:41:32 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Urgent=20attention=20from=20Mrs=20Kheradmand=20?=

From: Mrs Mary Kheradmand of Kuwait

I am the above named person from Kuwait. I am a South African by nationality
and married to Dr. Benham Kheradmand who worked with Kuwait Embassy in
Benin Republic for nine years before he died in the year 2000.

We were married for eleven years without a child. He died after a brief
illness that lasted for only four days. Before his death we were both christians
who always seek the glory of God at all times, though we are not perfect
but only made perfect through his grace.Since his death I decided not to
re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home because i think time
has runned against my age and natural ability .When my late husband was
alive he deposited the sum of $10.6Million (Ten Million six hundred thousand
U.S.Dollars) with a Security Company in Benin Republic West Africa. Presently,this
money is still with the firm and the management just wrote me as the beneficiary
to come forward to receive the trunk box of money or rather issue a letter
of authorisation to somebody to receive it on my behalf if I can not come
over.

Presently, I'm in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment for
oesophageal cancer.I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have
told me that I have only a few one month to live. It is my last wish to
see this money distributed to victims of this fire outbreak in Australia
and other charity organizations. Because relatives and friends have plundered
so much of my wealth since my illness, I cannot live with the agony of entrusting
this huge responsibility to any of them. Please,I beg you in the name of
God to help me collect the deposit and the interest accured from the company
and distribute it accordingly. I want a God fearing person to use this money
to fund orphanages, widows and where ever Gods name are always mentioned
and worship propagating the word of God and to ensure that the house of
God is maintained. The scripture made us to understand that Blessed is the
hand that giveth. I took this decision because I don't have any child that
will inherit this money and I don't want my husband's hard earned money
to be misused Hence the reason for taking this bold decision. I am not afraid
of death hence I know where I am going.I know that I am going to be in the
bosom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says that the lord will fight my case
and I shall hold my peace.

I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my soundless
voice and presence of my husband's relatives around me always. I don't want
them to know about this development. With God all things are possible. As
soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Deposit
Company in Benin and also the contacts of the attorney who will help to
issue you a letter of permission so that the company will be able to release
the funds to you.I want you to always pray for me because the lord is my
shephard.My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian, whowever
that wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and truth. Please
always be prayerful all through your life. Any delay in your reply will
give me room in sourcing for another person for this same purpose. Please
assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein. Hoping to hearing
from you soon including your full contacts address like TEL/FAX.

mrs maryKheradmand.
please reply in this email maryk_774christ@yahoo.co.in









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