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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: mrsnancy_robert@UniFish.de
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 02:31:31 +0200
Subject: Yours In Christ

From: Mrs Nancy Robert

I am Mrs Nancy Robert from Netherlands.

I was married to Dr. Van Robert who worked with Chevron Texaco in
Nigeria for twenty years before he died in the year 2000, May be you must
have heard about him in the oil firm.We were married for thirty-seven
years without a child. He died during one of the riot in the Niger delta
region of Nigeria. He was held hostage and slain to death by protesting
youths of the region.

Before his death we were both born again Christians. Since his death I
decided not to re-marry. When my late husband was alive he deposited
the sum of $8,500,000,00Million with a security company in Europe
Presently, this money is still with the company and the management just
wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward to receive the money or rather
issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf
if I can not come over.

Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital where I have been
undergoing treatment for cancer of the lungs. I have since lost my ability to
talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a few months to live.
It is my last wish to see that this money is invested the proceed at
the end of every year distributed among charity organization.
I want a person that is God fearing that will use this money to fund
churches, orphanages and widows propagating the word of God and to ensure
that the house of God is maintained. The Bible made us to understand
that blessed is the hand that giveth. I took this decision because I know
that there are a lot of poor people suffering from different kind of
disease and nobody to come to their aid.

With God all things are possible. As soon as I receive your reply I
shall give you the contact of the bank. I will also issue you a letter of
authority that will prove you as the new beneficiary of this fund. You
are to help me invest this funds into real estate and stocks. You will
be entitled to 20% of every profit you make in a year.

Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein.
Note. You can contact the security company’s Correspondence office in
Europe for verification on the consignment as the funds was deposited
in a trunk box as a consignment, and the consignment’s code is “555”
name of depositor Dr. Van Robert, present beneficiary Nancy Robert.

Hoping to hearing from you soon.

Waiting for your reply
Yours in Christ,
Mother Nancy Robert

pls email me back at (nancy_robert_3032gawab.com)

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