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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: "Mrs.Rosemary C.King" <rosemarycking@yahoo.es>
Reply-To: rosekingking1@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:45:07 +0100
Subject: Charity Project


Dear Friend,&nbsp;My name is Mrs.Rosemary Clarke King I am a dying woman who
has decided to donate what I have to charity through you.You may be wondering
why I chose you. But someone has to be chosen. I am 59 years old and was
diagnosed for cancer about 2 years ago,after the death of my husband who had
left me everything he worked for.I have been touched by the Lord to donate
from what I have inherited from my late husband to charity through you for the
good work of humanity,rather than allow my relatives to use my husband's hard
earned funds inappropriately.&nbsp;I have asked the Lord to forgive me all my
sins and I believe he has,because He is merciful. I will be going in for an
operation,and I pray that I survive the operation.I have decided to
WILL/Donate the sum of $15Million (Fifteen Million Dollars)to charity through
you for the good work of the Lord, and to help the motherless,less privileged
and also for the assistance of the widows.At the moment I cannot take any
telephone calls, due to the fact that my relatives are around me and I have
been restricted by my doctor from taking telephone calls because I deserve all
the rest I can get.&nbsp;Presently,I have informed my consultant about my
decision in WILLING this fund to charity through you. I wish you all the best
and may the good Lord bless you abundantly, and please use the funds well and
always extend the good work to others.If you are interested in carrying out
this task,i will inform my consultant, so that he can arrange the release of
the funds to you. I know i have never met you but my mind tells me to do
this,and I hope you act sincerely.I decided that 30% of this money should be
taken by you from the total sum upon the success release of this fund, because
I am now too weak and fragile to do things myself because of my
cancer.&nbsp;NB:I sincerely know that a lot has been written about some SCAM
coming out of the world,but I assure you that this will never in any way
associated with that as you will be given the right to verify this directly
with the the finance company where the fund was deposited.I will appreciate
your utmost confidentiality in this matter until the task is accomplished,as I
don't want anything that will Jeopardize my last wish, due to the fact that I
do not want relatives or family members standing in the way of my last
wish.Please Respond back to my alternative email box
atrosekingking2@yahoo.com.hk&nbsp;Your sincerely,Rosemary C.
KingEmail:rosekingking2@yahoo.com.hk&nbsp;PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR FULL
NAME,ADDRESS,TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBER ON YOUR REPLY FOR EASY AND IMMEDIATE
COMMUNICATION WITH MY CONSULTANT
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