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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: "Moore Leeandra" <mooreleeandra_2006@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 04:01:02 +0000
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE

My dear charitable fellows

Greetings to you all charitable and soul keepers
fellows. Are you a
lovely American OR American friends across the
Globe. I really want you to
read these contents and personally involved if you
care to help
humanity by indulging yourself to do this favour to
less previliged and
natural disaster victims.

Though attached is my photograph showing my state of
health at the
moment but I would not like to reveal my name.My
name is Leeandra Moore, a
Jewish and successful oil & gas dealers before I was
diagnosed with
esophageal cancer which has defied all medical
solution and according to
medical experts.

As you read this you do not have to feel sorry for
me as it is a
universal truth that we all must die someday, the
only problem is that I
have
particularly not lived my life well in spite of my
wealth and fame as I
never really care for anyone, even myself but my
business and work.
Though I was very successful and wealthy,but I was
never generous and kind
to humainity.

However, I regret all this as I now know that there
is more to life
than just accumulating of wealth in this world.
As my last days alive are drawing closer and closer
I have already
willed out most of my properties and assets to my
immediate and extended
family members as well as a few close friends and
associates.

I also want my soul to be at peace with God and for
him to be merciful
on me and accept my soul and to this regard I have
resolved to give
this f5.5 Million British Pounds Sterlings kept in
private finance house
in Europe to the American Katrina hurricane's
victims. I want you
personally to redeem this fund from the Finance
house and distribute it to
the necessary to whom it may concern.If you can do
this for humanity, you
to help yourself and family by retaining 40% of this
fund, while the
remaining 60% should be given to these American
hurricanes victims.

Now that my health has deteriorated so badly I can
no longer continue
with this myself and also I do not trust my
immediate family members or
close friends on this as I have once asked them to
close one of my
accounts and distribute the funds therein to charity
organizations in
Bulgaria,Sri-Lanka India and Pakistan they greedily
kept the money to
themselves. Hence I am contacting you with this as I
have lost
confidence in them because it is obvious they are
not contended with what I
have left for them.

The fund is stashed in trunk box and declared as
personal effects of
high security valued which I deposited with this
finance/Security house
in Europe to avoid heavy taxation. All I am asking
of you is to help in
redeeming this fund from the finance house in
Europe.

Please contact my Attorney At London on is email
address:smith_notaries@nyc.com.
if you are capable and sincere to handle this
transaction on my behalf so He can forward you with all relevant legal
documentations necessary for the claims/redemption of the fund from
the
finance
house.

While you indulge in this task God will continously
bless you and give
you the necessary courage and guidance.

Thanks and God bless.

Leeandra Moore


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