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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: Mother June Elizabeth <juneelizbeth004@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <juneelizbeth11@myway.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:09:21 +0100
Subject: From: Mrs June Elizbeth of Netherlands



From: Mrs June Elizbeth of NetherlandsI am Mrs June Elizbeth from Netherlands.I was married to Dr.Ben June who worked with Chevron Texaco in Nigeriafor twenty years before he died in the year 2000, May be you must have heardabout him in the oil firm.We were married for thirty-seven years withouta child. He died during one of the riot in the Niger delta region of Nigeria.He was held hostage and slain to death by protesting youths of the region.Before his death we were both born again Christians. Since his death I decidednot to re-marry. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of(Seven Million U.S.Dollars) with a security company in theNetherlandsPresently,this money is still with the company and the management just wrote me asthe beneficiary to come forward to receive the money or rather issue a letterof authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf if I can not comeover.Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital where I have been undergoingtreatment for cancer of the lungs. I have since lost my ability to talkand my doctors have told me that I have only a few months to live.It is my last wish to see that this money is invested the proceed at theend of every year distributed among charity organization.I want a person that is God fearing that will use this money to fund churches,orphanages and widows propagating the word of God and to ensure that thehouse of God is maintained. The Bible made us to understand that blessedis the hand that giveth. I took this decision because I know that thereare a lot of poor people suffering fromdifferent kindof disease and nobodyto come to their aid.With God all things are possible. As soon as I receive your reply I shallgive you the contact of the bank. I will also issue you a letter of authoritythat will prove you as the new beneficiary of this fund. You are to helpme invest this funds into real estate andstocks. You will be entitled to 10% of every profit you make in a year.Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein.Note. You can contact the security companys Correspondence office in Europefor verification on the consignment as the funds was deposited in a trunkbox as a consignment, and the consignment?s code is ?555? name of depositorBen June , present beneficiary Elizbeth June.Hoping to hearing from you soon.Waiting for your replyYours in Christ,Mother ElizbethJune
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