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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: elizabethjones01@tsamail.co.za
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 23:44:18 -0800
Subject: CHARITY

Please forgive me if this message comes to you as a
surprise I was
divinely inspired to pick your name among other names
found in the
Internet database, after series of prayers and God's
direction. I am Mrs.
Elizabeth Jones a citizen of Repuplic Of
Moldova. I was a farmer
by profession. But currently undergoing medical
treatment. I was
married to Dr. Cusova Jones who was a sucessfull
business man. We went on vacation to India when he hard an attack and we came
back
home. My husband later died of the attack and a
sickness known as
Haemorrhage of the brain due to shock. We have been
married for eleven years
without a child.

However, before we went on this Vacation, my late
husband deposited a
huge sum of money with a Security Company in
JOHANNESBURG, But nobody
knew about the money apart from me and my late husband
he loved me so
much that he told me anything he was doing. Last week, my
Doctor told me that
I would not live for the next nine months due to my
cancer of the heart
problem which sparked off as a result of the death of
my husband whom I
have loved so much. Though what disturbs me most now is my
disability to
move around due to a partial paralysis.

Having known my condition I decided to donate this
fund to a church
or a mosque or better still a Christian or a Muslem
individual that will
utilize this money for charity, orphanages. Also for
the victims that
survive the Tsunami incidence. I took this decision
because I do not
have any child that will inherit this money and my
husband and I don't
want my husband's hard earned money to be mis-used. I
do not want a
situation where this money will be used in an ungodly
manner, hence the
reason for taking this bold decision. I am not afraid
of death because I
know that I am going to die one day.

If you feel you are worthy enough to make yourself
available in this
project, let me know immediately you read my mail. GOD
will surely
provide for you the power and strength to accomplish
this Waiting for your
urgent response. Please forward your response to this
email:
elizabethjones_01@yahoo.co.uk because I find it very easy to
access.

Thank you and God bless.

Best Regards,

Elizabeth Jones (Mrs)



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