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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: "terry white" <terry_white01@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 10:26:27 +0000
Subject: support unicef

Dear friend,

Good day to you and your family,The towering Himalayan mountain ranges that
make up a large part of the earthquake zone in Pakistan present a major
challenge for relief workers. Thousands in remote areas have not yet been
reached with supplies. Many injured children remain untreated, and 10,000
more could die if obstacles to relief are not cleared. Although the aid is
now getting through faster, the recovery has been slowed by a lack of money:
UNICEF's appeal for funding has reached just two fifths of its target.
Please click here to provide much-needed continuing support for the children
affected by this devastating earthquake.
Children are the missing face of AIDS. Every day, almost 1,800 children
under 15 become HIV-positive and 1,400 die of AIDS-related illnesses. The
world must take urgent account of the specific impact of AIDS on children,
or there will be no chance of meeting Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 6 -
to halt and begin to reverse the spread of the disease by 2015. The world
must act now, urgently and decisively, to ensure that the next generation of
children is AIDS-free.

The torrential rains, flooding and mudslides caused by Hurricane Stan, left
hundreds and possibly thousands of people dead, and close to half a million
people homeless, from southern Mexico to El Salvador, in what experts
described as the worst disaster to hit the region since Hurricane Mitch in
1998.

The conflict in Darfur has affected the lives of approximately 1.6 million
children, 510,000 of whom are under five. These children are particularly
vulnerable to the effects of hunger, disease, violence and exploitation.
UNICEF has supported the construction of 2,182 temporary classrooms in
Darfur; despite the conflict there are now more children in school than ever
before.

Since 1997, DR Congo has been overwhelmed by ethnic strife and civil war. In
less than five years more than 3.3 million people (mainly children, women
and the elderly) have died. And the bloodshed continues today. Survivors of
the fighting have fled their homes and are living in shelters or camps. Tens
of thousands of children have been displaced from their communities.
Extensive destruction has been inflicted on homes, schools, hospitals, fresh
water sources and agricultural fields. UNICEF's continued efforts to provide
aid in this crisis will be contingent on the availability of funding.

In Sub-Saharan Africa alone, approximately 45 million children do not go to
school. The Schools for Africa campaign will contribute to the right of
every African child to education.

As the violence in Iraq continues, UNICEF is increasingly concerned about
the deteriorating health and living conditions of children.

Your donation to UNICEF today will help save their lives.

UNICEF is supplying ongoing relief assistance to countries affected by the
tsunami disaster, and will continue to work to meet the needs of children,
many of whom lost everything and are now in the process of slowly
recovering.

During an emergency, UNICEF focuses on meeting the basic needs to children
and women, as well as protecting their fundamental rights. Most of those who
die in wartime do not die as a direct result of violence, but from the loss
of basic health services, food, safe water, or adequate sanitation. This is
especially true for children. Not only must we meet their basic needs, we
must also protect their fundamental human rights and take the necessary
steps to restore their dignity.

To make an online donation to general funds please do mail me on
(terry_white2007@yahoo.co.uk) With this information.

Name........
Occupation......
Address......
Age......
Phone number.......

Regards

MR Terry White
Secretary of State for Health



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