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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: "richard brown" <richardbroown@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: richardbroown@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:09:05 +0100
Subject: Dearest In Christ,

Dearest In Christ,

Please use this money for the churches andlessprivileged.

Greetings to you and your family in the name of God.Inmy search for a
reliable and God fearing person and having gottenyourcontact through prayers
and painstaking efforts I have decided toseekyour help in carrying out my
last wishes. My name is Mrs. MARIACOOK.I'm a 65 years old woman and from
London. I was a merchant andowned twobusinesses in London. I was also
married with twochildren.

Myhusband and two children died in a car accident six yearsago. Beforethis
happened, my business and concern for making money wasall I livefor. I never
really cared about other values in life. Butsince the lossof my family, I
have found a new desire to assist helplessfamilies. Ihave been helping
orphans in orphanage/motherless homes. Ihave alsodonated some money for
humanitarian needs in London, SouthAfrica,Cameroon, Brazil, Spain, Austria,
Germany and some Asiancountries. Onlyrecently I saw on television the
colossal loss ofproperties andlivelihood people in Canberra, Australia
throughfire.

I was movingwith great pity and compassion that I decided tomake this
contributionon assisting people over there, I kept$US15,000,000.00 fifteen
Millionin a long-term deposit account in aFinance company. Presently, I'm in
ahospital where I have beenundergoing treatment for esophagi cancer. Ihave
since lost my ability totalk and my doctors have told me that Ihave only few
months to live. Itis my last wish to see this moneydistributed to victims of
the fireoutbreak in Australia and othercharity organization. Because
relativesand friends have plundered somuch of my wealth since my illness,
Icannot live with the agonyentrusting this huge responsibility to any
ofthem.

Please, I beg youin the name of God to help me collect thedeposit and
distribute itaccordingly. Use your judgment to distributethe money and keep
40% ofit to yourself. Feel free to reimburse yourselfwhen you have the
moneyfor any cost you incur during the process ofcollecting and
distributingthe money. If you are willing to help, pleasereply as soon as
possible.May the good lord bless you and yourfamily.

I have thereforecommitted everything regarding to thistransaction into the
hand of theDoctor, the owner of the hospital whereI am being admitted to
proceedwith you in respective of this transactionas he is a true
Christiantoo. Upon your response, do not fail to contactthe Doctor direct,
hisname is: Dr. RICHARD BROWN and his direct Email: richardbroown@yahoo.com



Regards
MARIA COOK

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