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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: "michael willians" <michaelwillians14@msn.com>
Reply-To: lindamarty2005@katamail.com
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:56:19 +0000
Subject: FROM: Mrs. LINDA MARTY

FROM: Mrs. LINDA MARTY


Dear Friend,


I greet you in the name of our lord. My name is Mrs. LINDA MARTY. I am
a widow and a mother of Two all girls. I know you will see my letter to
you as an embarrassment considering the fact that we do not know ourselves.


I plead with you to be patient with me I feel very pleased to contact
you for some assistance and business relationship. I am a Citizen of
BAHAMAS ISLAND, married to a Nigerian. I live in Nigeria with my
children. My late husband was a loving, caring and hard working man
Concorde pilot who died Monday, 31 July, CONCORDE PLANE CRASH
[Flight AF4590 ] with the whole passengers aboard.The name of my
deceased husband is Christian Marty the Concorde pilot. Before the
sudden death of my beloved husband, and father of my tow daughters,
my late husband intended to establish a business in the united states
of America with the sum of $30 million united states dollars,but
unfortunately he died before this proposed venture.


Following his death, his family members insisted that I am not entitled
to his property (Assets and money) since I am a woman and my ffspring's
are all girls as I do not have a male child for my husband. Well,
according to some barbaric traditional laws here in Nigeria (Africa)
which doesn't permit a woman to inherit a man's property, as they are
expected by tradition to take over the management of his properties
including myself who automatically becomes a wife to one of his
immediate brothers.


Unfortunately to this wicked family members, the $30 million united
states dollars which my late husband intended to use in establishing a
business in the United States was deposited in a bank account unknown to his family.I and the Attorney is the only one aware of this money,
so I have discussed this matter with a staff of the bank that I want
this money personally so that Iwill be able to take care of my children's educational needs since my husband's family members
vehemently opposed the furtherance of their education.


According to the staff of the bank, the best way to secure this money
is to transfer this money to a bank account out side Nigeria For safe-
keeping, later it will be used for business establishment subject to
the Advise of whosoever finally assists us. At this juncture, I
therefore ask for your sincere assistance in providing us with your
bank details and the enablement to facilitate the remittance
of thisfund into your nominated account.


As soon as I get your positive response, I shall provide you with all the necessary detail for this transfer. However, I have decided to give you 30% of the total money as a reward for your sincere assistance and the remaining 70% of the money will be for my investment as I will want to keep aglow my late husbands dream of investing in real estate,to be able to help me, kindly send through my email, your personal details
including your contact information for easy communication.Thanking you for your anticipated response. Please you can see the website below of the crash:


(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm)


I await your response.


Mrs. LINDA MARTY.


N/B

PLEASE IT TAKES ME TIME TO CONTACT YOU DUE TO THE NUMBER OF SCAM MAIL THAT I DO RECEIVED ALL OVER THE GLOBAL. TRUTH AND TRUST ARE MY WATCH
WORDS.


 

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