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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: "Lee Jenny" <lee_jenny10@ig.com.br>
Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 04:39:14 -0700
Subject: Greetings from Mrs. Lee


Greetings from Mrs. Lee

After going through your profile through internet i decided to contact you
for friendship and assistace for distribution of my inherentance. My name is
Mrs. Jenny Lee; I am a dying woman who has decided to donate what I have to
you/ church. I am 59 years old and I was diagnosed for cancer for about 2
years ago, immediately after the death of my husband, who has left me
everything he worked for.

I have been touched by God to donate from what I have inherited from my late
husband to you/church for the good work of God, rather than allow my
relatives to use my husband hard earned funds ungodly. Please pray that the
good Lord forgive me my sins. I have asked God to forgive me and I believe
he has because He is a merciful God. I will be going in for an operation in
the next 2 weeks from now.

I decided to donate the sum of $2,500,000 (two million five hundred
thousand dollars) to you for the good work of the lord, and also to help the
motherless and less privilege and also for the assistance of the widows.At
the moment I cannot take any telephone calls right now due to the fact that
my husband's relatives are around me and my health status. I have adjusted
my WILL and my lawyer is aware I have changed my will and he will arrange
the transfer of the funds from my account to 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.
I have contacted my legal consultant and tell him that I have WILLED
($2,500,000.00) to you and I have also notified him that I am WILLING that
amount to you for a specific good work of charity. I know I don÷Ö know you
but I have been directed to do this. Thanks and God bless. I will directive
you further after hearing from you.

NB: 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. Also I will be contacting with you by email as I don't want my husband
relation or anybody to know because they are always around me.

Reply me through this my most private email : (mrs.jenny7@yahoo.com.hk)
Regards,
Jenny Lee (Mrs.)

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