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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: smith susan <smithsusanx8@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: susansmithx3@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:03:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Good-day


DEAR BELOVED,
How are you today and how is your family, hope every body is fine? If so thanks to God Almighty. I know that this mail might come as a surprise to you but all the same, I want you to read it and please give adequate attention to it immediately and hacking to the voice of a dieing widow.

May I introduce my humble self to you; I am Mrs. Susan Smith from London United Kigdom the wife of late Mr. Richard Smith who happened to be the chairman of Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI) London from 2001 till 2005 when he died of an auto accident with his humble seceratary MISS ALICE HORNS.It all happened on the 13th day of June 2005 when my late husband was traveling for a board meeting scheduled with his board of directors in Wales here in Uk when he had a fatal accident on his way to the meeting.
Four days before he died on the 17th day of August 2005 after spending closely two months in the Hospital, he called me on his seek bed and narrated to me that he deposited the total sum of (£22.5Million pounds) (Twenty Two Million five hudered thousand Pounds) in an Escrow account in a Bank named Natwest Bank Plc. He also told me where he kept the files, which contains all the vital information he used in depositing the money in the Escrow account of The Nat WestBank PLC London.

After my late husband's funeral rights, I felt sick a month later and was rushed to the hospital, the doctor told me that I have Cancer of the Lungs and made it known to me that the Cancer has eating up my lungs and from there I started receiving treatments immediately.
I spent closely one whole year in the hospital and when i was discharged from the hospital, I came back home 2weeks after only to find out that my late husband's elder brother has taking position of everything my husband left as a legacy to me. Before my husband died, he advised me on how i should transfer this money to any account of my choice when ever I am ready for that, he told me to contact an old friend of his who happened to be a retired Bank Officer to help me in executing this project but the matter turned worse when i heard that the man who is supposed to help me died when i was still at the hospital.

Please all I need from you now is to kindly help me in securing this money from the Bank in my orders as I cannot do It my self because of my health situation and to make sure that my late husband's elder brother who has turn out to be a thorn in my flesh will not know anything about it because that money is the only legacy left to my reach since the death of my late husband.

It is vital that i have to hire an attorney who will help me in sending an application letter to the Bank for the release of the money to you as the next of kin to my late husband in my orders as i will draft an authorization letter on that since I am Undergoing a critical situation for my days has been numbered because from my last medical checkup some days back made it kown to me that it won't be long for me to live on the earth and that has been my main reasons of contacting you at the first place.

Then I will offer you the total sum of 35% it will be for your great humble assistance, while 65% will be for my only son for his future in your country,
Please you have to come to the aid of a dieing Widow by helping me in securing the money out of the Bank to your Private Bank account in your country after which you will help me in investing some part of the money with the name of my only son Michael in your country to enable him purchase a living in your country,and start a new life there in your country .Please you have to help me in this for I will be very happy even in my grave if this should be the only thing I could achieve for my only son Michael before I die.

I will be waiting for your response today.

Thanks and may God bless you and your family Amen.

Mrs .Susan Smith.


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