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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: MRS SANDRA PAUL <sandra4paul10@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mrssandra4paul@yahoo.es>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:05:47 +0100
Subject: FROM SANDRA PAUL



From: Mrs Sandra PaulI was married to a foreign Contractor Paul Alexandriawho worked with Chevron Texaco in West Africa for twenty years before he died in the year 2006, May be you must have heard about him in the oil firm.We were married for thirty-seven years without a child. He operate an account with a finance house who perished in a plane crash [Swissair Flight 111] and the whole passengers aboard 2006.Before his death we were both born again Christians.Since his death I decided not to re-marry. When my latehusband was alive he deposited the sum of $10 million( TEN MILLION DOLLARS) with a security company inWest Africa Presently, this money is still with the securitycompany and the management just wrote me as thebeneficiary to come forward to receive the money orrather issue a letter of authorization to somebody toreceive it on my behalf if I can not come over.Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital where Ihave been under going treatment for cancer of the lungs.I have since lost my ability to talk and 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 the end 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 the house of God is maintained. The Bible made us to understand that blessed is the hand that giveth.I took this decision because I know that there are a lot ofpoor people suffering from different kind of disease andnobody to come to their aid.With God all things are possible. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the security company . I will also issue you a letter of authority that will prove you as the new beneficiary of this fund.You are to help me invest this funds into real estate and stocks.You will be entitled to 40% 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 company Correspondence office in West Africa for verification on the consignment as the funds was deposited in a trunk box as a consignment,As soon as i hear from you i shall give you the consignment code number, Name of depositor Paul Alexandria , present beneficiary Mrs Sandra Paul . Hoping to hearing from you soon.Waiting for your replyYours in ChristMrs Sandra Paul.
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