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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: "kate hensaw" <katehensawnuttal6@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: katehensawnuttal@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 02:35:20 +0100
Subject: PLEASE HELP STOP THESE MALE CHAUVENISM

Dear Beloved,

I am kate hensaw nuttal from the U.K, the daughter of late mr & mrs hensaw
nuttal. I am 2o years of age, and a sickle cell anemia patient. My parent
had great difficulty in giving birth to children, and i being a female,
happened to be their only issue. They both
worked in an oil firm, and were very, very successful.

While returning from a long term vacation back to
office, my parent died in a ghastly motor accident. Before thier death, it
had been disclosed to me that i as the only child, shall be the beneficiary
of their wealth and properties, but due to male chauvenism existing here in
my country: ( the believe that a male child is better than the female), my
fathers relatives have all decided to forcefully claim my inherited
wealth from me.

All of my parents properties currently within thier reach had been
dispossessed from me, and i have been chased out of our home, away from the
viccinity, into an orphanage home where i am sending you this mail from.
Their major aim now, is towards my late parents fund
with amount $3.5 million U.S Dollars, lying in the bank.

I was before the death of my parent, a medical student in the university,
but due to all these mishaps, my schooling had been temporarily terminated.

My late fathers lawyer, has adviced i move the fund out of the bank where it
is presently lying, into a foreign account, to avoid false claim by these
relatives.

I shall be giving out 30% of this fund, which of course is okay by me, than
loosing the entire fund to these greedy relations, and find myself drop out
of school, or die of my ailment without any money to treat myself.

I prayed and fasted over this, and God has directed me to contact you,
because you may be of help.

With proper identification, i shall come over to your location, reward you
for your help, and make use of the fund the way my parent wished.

I anticipate your response.

Best Regards,
kate hensaw nuttal.

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