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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: grace edward <mrsgrace122@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 06:42:25 +0100 (BST)
Subject: ok


Thanks for your mail and you should understand that I am in the Hospital and cannot continue to fill form from the Hospital Bed and how do you think this would have been possible and for sure, I am not a Catholic and the form you brought to me cannot be filled either and if you are ready to help the Less Privileged in the society, you better wake up to the challenges ahead and know that there are many lives out there crying for help and God will never let you down if you should do this and let the masses benefit from this wounderful project of mine and even if I die, I shall be happy wherever I may be.
However, you should see this as a challenge and be up to the task and accept it in good faith and get back to me with your vital informations for our peerusual.
I look forward to hearing from you soonest.
Regards.
GRACE


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