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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: martins_buttah@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 19:19:28 -0500
Subject: FOR THE WORK OF GOD.

FOR THE WORK OF GOD.

I do not intend to based your feeling as you read this mail thereby making
you feel so pathetic about my situation, because i believe that every human
being has his or her destiny to fulfill on this earth before passing to the
great beyond, owning to this i was compel to accept Christ as my saviour,
having known the truth, I had no choice than to do what is lawful and right
in the sight of God for eternal life and in the sight of man for witness
of Godâ??s mercy and glory upon my life. My name is Martins Buttah a citizen
of Malta a successful business man formally married to Mrs. Trisha Buttah
who died two years ago after a brief illness without a child.

For over a year now i been in the hospital battling with a chronic heart
disease which has defiled all forms of medical treatment, and right now I
have only about a few months to live, according to medical experts, this
illment has decorated my health to this point that i have finally lost my
voice making me unable to talk any more. Although I have not particularly
lived a generous life as I never cared for anybody except for myself and
my late wife i was always hostile to people and only focused on my business
But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life than just
wanting to have or make all the money in the world. I have willed and given
most of my property and assets to my immediate family members, I once asked
members of my family to close one of my accounts and distribute the funds
to a charity organization and orphanages but they instead kept the money
to themselves for this reason i do not trust them any more as they seems
not to be contended with what i have given to them.

Now the last of my money which i deposited in cash in a consignment form
twelve million dollars($12m) with security firm abroad, Recently the security
firm wrote me to come forward to sign for the release of this money or rather
issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf as
time agreed for the consignment to be in their custody has expired, since
I do have much time to live on this earth and i want this to be the last
good deed I that I have done on this earth before passing on, based on this
reason i am pleading to you in name of God to help me Stand and collect the
Funds from the security firm which my attorney will guide and provide you
with all the necessary informationâ??s in order to collect the funds and
use it for the work of God(charities, churches and orphanages) while you
keep $1.5m.for yourself for your time.

I await your quick kindest response with your name, telephone and fax numbers
so that I can have my attorney contact you directly in order to furnish you
with more informationâ??s on how the mission will be carried out. I wish
to assure you that there is no risk of whatsoever involved in this mission
as my attorney will provide you with all the legal documents in order to
back up the funds.

Please send your response to my email id below. martins_buttah@ozu.es
thanks you and remains blessed.

Yours faithfully



Martins Buttah

martins_buttah@ozu.es



God bless you



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