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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: "tonydouglas11@terra.es" <tonydouglas11@terra.es>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 23:22:12 +0100 (MET)
Subject: Keep hope Alive


Dear Friend,

I sincerely hope that after you read this mail you will respond to my call, let me start by introducing myself. My name is Tony Douglas, I am 70 years old, a British living in London. I am a businessman and own two companies here in London, married with two children. My wife and two children died in a car accident six years ago but before this happened, my business and concern for making money was all I lived for I never really cared about other values in life but since the loss of my family, I have found a new desire to assist helpless families.

I have been helping orphans in motherless homes, I have donated some money to orphans in Africa and some Asian countries. Before I became ill, I kept some money, Fifteen and a half Million Dollars ($15.5 Million) to be precise in a long term deposit account in a Finance House here in London.

Presently, I'm in a hospital my doctor told me I have prostate cancer that I have a few months to live. It is my last wish to see this money distributed to charity organizations. Because so much of my wealth has been plundered by relatives and friends since my illness, hence I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them since the money in the Finance House is the last fund that I have left.
Right now, I am partially stranded in the hospital due to the nature of my sickness so I am appealing to you to help me collect the deposit from the Finance House and distribute it amongst charity organizations.

I would want you to use your discretion to distribute the money and keep 20% of it for yourself. Feel free to reimburse yourself when you have the money for any cost you might have incurred during the process of collecting and distributing the money to charity organizations. May the good Lord bless you and your family.

Please reply to this mail as I can only communicate through my laptop which is by my bed, as soon as I get your response I shall then give you the necessary information you need to collect this money.

God bless you.

Mr. Tony Douglas.





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