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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: "Dr. silvia meier" <surgical1960@web.de>
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:21:14 +0100
Subject: CAN YOU HANDLE IT?



Hello Dearest friend, Permit me to make use of your little chance to expla=
in myself, It would have been better to meet you face to face before joini=
ng my husband and kids where death has kept them since 1997, but illness d=
eprived all effort. My name is Mrs Sejin Jang; I have been going through d=
etorating health condition since i lost all my entire family in August 6th=
1997, Korean Air Flight 801 crash, they are(Jang Eunyoung my husband,Jang=
Jaemin my first daughter,Jang Seajoon my first son and Jang Sungmin secon=
d son), you can verify here(http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenge=
r.list [http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list]) .=20
I am dying now and decided to WILL-OUT this money which is to be used to a=
ssist cancer patiences, less privilege and charity homes. I am 52 years ol=
d and have been suffering from cancer for about 8 years which has been ope=
rated twice as a result of this, it effected my brain leading to mental di=
sorder as annouced by doctor to my lawyer, as i am sending you this messag=
e am to go another operation but i know i am not going to survive it, i am=
tired of living without joy. I decided to release this money $9,500,000(n=
ine million five hundred thousand dollars) to you for these projects.
I will be happy if you can achieve my desire; my entire family spirit and =
i will rejoice to see this dream comes true; please if you can carry out t=
his projects perfectly i will be very happy, and always bear in mind that =
the spirit of the dead is watching you if miss used.I wish you all the bes=
t and may the good Lord bless you abundantly as you remain faithful, but y=
our prayers to me is also very important. I will like you to Contact my la=
wyer for all the assistance you need to get this money into your possessio=
n, he is all i have now, please get to him ( E.S.Anthonio), email:chamber2=
245@yahoo.com,With below informations for easy communication. 1. Your Full=
Name
2. Telephone Number and Fax. I will appreciate your confidentiality and tr=
ust in this matter, as I don't want anything that will jeopardize this pro=
ject. but if you know you cant achieve it, forget to write him and i wish =
you best of luck, once again remember my health condition never allow me t=
o achieve this projects since my spirit requested it. Thanks and God bless=
.
From Mrs Sejin Jang



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Bis 50 MB Dateianh=E4nge=3F Kein Problem!=20
*http://freemail.web.de/club/landingpage.htm/=3Fmc=3D025556* [http://freemail.=
web.de/club/landingpage.htm/=3Fmc=3D025556]

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