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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: "david m appius" <davappius@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2007 15:31:06 +0000
Subject: FROM DAVID APPIUS...

Dear Friend,

This is my private email .Am sorry about your past experience it really
hurts to know that humans can be unfair when everything in life is just
vanity upon vanity.I hope you were not too embarrassed by my first email to
you since you do not know me. I had no option since my immediate and
extended family in and outside Bemuda refused to distribute my funds because
they want to keep it to themselves. I didn't know how to move the funds out
and dispatched it to charity organizations. I am communicating with only you
at this moment with regards to this transaction. And I would not have any
cause to do otherwise, except you state your intention to withdraw your
assistance.

Just like I stated in my first mail to you, this fund is presently in a
private security and holding firm . I cannot claim these funds myself
as a result of,

(1) I am under going medical treatment. It has defiled all forms of
medicine, and right now I have only about a few months to live,
according to medical experts.

(2) I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul and so, I have
decided to give almost all I have to charity organizations and churches, as
I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth.It is for this
reasons I am seeking for your assistance to stand as the
beneficiary to the fund and retrieve it on my behalf and dispatched it to
charity organizations.

All the necessary documents required to get the Funds out of the security
firm are in my possession and I will be sending them to you after we must
have come to a conclusion and reached an agreement.

I need you to give me your words that you will be very honest and straight
forward with me when the money gets to you, So long as you can execute this
transaction successfully and help me dispatched it to charity organizations.

Thus, I would need you to get back to me on the following issues,
(1) That you are in a position to be trusted as a God fearing person with
such a large amount of fund and dispatched it to charity organization.

(2) You will send all your contact details to enable a lawyer prepare
documents that will make you a beneficiary of this funds, which you will
also present to the security comapany for the released of these funds to
you.
You tel/fax numbers, mailing address, your full name, your office
name/address

(3) That you fully understand this transaction up to this stage and you are
ready to proceed under these terms.

As soon as I receive your reply that you are ready to proceed under these
terms, then I will furnish you with all details and all the necessary
documentations to conclude this transaction and the security company details
as my life is too short.

Thanks for your mail, your mail has relieved me and I pray to almighty GOD
with his infinite mercy to reward you. I believe when God gives me a second
chance to come to this world I would live my life a different way from how I
have lived it now. I want you to pray for me so that God would
forgive me and be merciful to me and accept my soul.I have attached my
recent photograph taken in the hospital for you to understand my state of
health.

May God bless you,
David Appius

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