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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: kathpaga@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 18:59:54 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?MESSAGE=20FROM=20KATHERIN?=

** High Priority**
Dear sir,

I know that it may come to you as a surprise for having receiving this message.I
am Miss Katherine Pagaliwagan a Philipine Nationlity presently in West African
Called Abidjan Cote d?Ivoire on a business trip but unfortunately hospitalised.
I am a real estate agent and an International business lady and was a liencened
oil merchant before now. Unfortunately I have been living and struggling
with breast cancer for close to 14 years now, but still unmarried.

I am writing to you basically concerning my present situation, it is not
by my power or your power to get this message delievered to you, it is by
the divine grace according to the directives of God?s revelation to me.Please,
do not see this as an embarrasmentor a mere computer writing because my
contacting you is from my sub-consciouness of light towards you and mankind
for the benefit of humanity. Eventhough I do not live to see tomorrow.I
will be glad that you could be of help to carryout this responsibility with
your utmost security and for humanity sake.

I have only 48hours to go into Theatre for my Breast Cancer Surgery which
it has been confirmed by the professional Doctors that my life is under
probability with this fear of nearvoursness and tention surrounding me,
I decided to confide and bring to your awareness to have access of claim
to my wealth and use it to eradicate and bring light to the faces of Less
Priviledges,Cancer Research Homes and Charitable Organisations in all parts
of the world.Being a positive thinking human, you may ask why didn?t I dedicate
my wealth to my family? Yes, I made it as a convenant and vow to God that
if eventually I die of this deadly illheath having surffered from it for
many years, with several Major Operations all parts of my breast, that I
will make the dedication of my wealth to the above mentioned Organisations.

My finacial access in question is being deposited in a Finacial Institution
located in Europe and all revevant documents concerening the claims will
be handed over to you for you to go on and make the claims by your very
self because, I did deposited the Fund under a Numbered Secret Coded Account
of which I knew that a day like this will come and may be sudden to me then,
it will be easier for me to WILL out according to my desire and vows.

Now, on how to get the deposit information, you will have to contact Miss
Precious Mgadae she is a nurse in the hospital where I am hospitalised she
is a Nationality of this Country and she is the only person that I confides
so much as she is a devoted child of God so I handed her all the relevant
documents regarding the deposit and my personal data even this letter is
written by me but sending to you by her. So contact her on this same emaill
address she has access to it from now henceforth she will be giving you
all the information you may need and correspondences you may need to enable
you claim the fund.

For your information, the young lady has no expirience of this type of transaction
and base on the nature of her job, she may not be fully active in expeditions
therefore I urge you to take good care of this transaction for humanity
sake as 10% will go for you and the young lady respectively while 80% will
go to the above mentioned Organisations.
Thanks for your anticipation.
Katherine pagaliwagan.Reach me on(mgadae@yahoo.fr) Please Note: The information
contained in this message may be privileged and confidential, protected
from disclosure, and/or intended only for the use of the individual or entity
named above. If you have received this communication
in error, please notify me immediately by replying to the message and deleting
it from your computer. Thank you.




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