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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: Grace Gnamien <gracegnamien25@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <gracegnamien@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 01:17:13 +0100
Subject: Dearest One



Dearest One,

It is my Pleasure to write to you after considering your profile, my name is Mrs.Grace Gnamien, and I am married to Mr.Frederick Gnamien former managing director of Agip oil plc. We were married for eleven years with no child, my late husband died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days.

When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of US$2.5Million (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) with a Bank.

Recently, my Doctor told me that I will not last due to my cancer problem. Having known my condition I decided to look for some one that will help me to utilise this money the way I am going to instruct here in. I want a person that will use this fund to help the Orphanages,(less privilege)Widows and cancer Research centres.

I took this decision because my husband’s relatives are not good and I don't want my Husband hard earned money to be misused by his wicked brothers. I don't want a situation where this money will be misused, that is my reason for taking this bold decision. I don't want my husband’s relatives to know about this development.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contacts of the Bank where the fund is deposited for you to contact them for immediate transfer of the fund to your account. Therefore in your response to this mail don't forget to send me your information, full name and address for intruduction to the Bank as the foreign partner/beneficiary of the fund in their Bank.

Any delay in your reply will give me room in searching for another person for this same purpose. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated here and you cannot betray me when you receive this money.

Hoping to hear from you immediately you received this mail Yours faithfullyMrs.Grace Gnamien.
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