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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: "BRUCE hartman" <brc.hartman@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 12:50:40 +0100
Subject: PLEASE WE NEED YOUR HELP


Here writes Mrs Juanita lame suffering from cancerous ailment. I
was married to Joseph
law Suseng an Englishman who work with the Shell Petroleum
Development Company in Nigeria who is now dead. My husband was also
into
private practice all his life before his death, Our life together
as man and wife
lasted for Seventeen years without child. My husband died after a
protracted illness. My
husband and I made a vow to uplift the down-trodden and the
less-privileged individuals as
he had passion for persons who can not help themselves due to physical
disability or
financial predicament.
I can adduce this to the fact that he needed a Child from the
relationship,
which never came.When my late husband was alive he deposited the
sum of Twenty Eight
Million Dollars ($28,000,000.00 USD) which were derived from his vast
estates and
investment in capital market with his bank in Nigeria.
Presently, this money is still with the Bank. Recently, my Doctor
told me that I have
limited days to live due to the cancerous problems I am suffering
from.Though what bothers
me most is the Paralysis of both legs that I have in addition to the
cancer.
With this hard reality that has befallen my family, and me.
I have decided to donate this fund to you and want you to use this
gift which
comes from my husbands effort to fund the upkeep of widows,
widowers,
orphans,destitute, the down-trodden, physically challenged
children, barren-
women and persons who prove to be genuinely handicapped
financially.
I took this decision because I do not have any child that will
inherit this
money and my husband relatives are bourgeois and very wealthy
persons and I do not
want my husband hard earned money to be misused or invested into ill
perceived ventures. I
do not want this money to be misused hence the
reason for taking this bold decision. I am not afraid of death
hence I know where I am
going. I do not need any telephone communication in this regard due to
my deteriorating
health and because of the presence of my husband relatives around me.
I do not want them to know about this development.
As soon as I receive your reply I will also issue you a Letter of
Authority
that will empower you as the original beneficiary of this fund, I
shall also
give you the contact of the bank in Nigeria. My happiness is that I
lived a
life worthy of emulation.Due to the dubious means my late husband's
relatives are
trying to set up, you are STRONGLY advised to contact me through my
personal email
address: juanita_suseng@yahoo.com
Please assure me that you will act just as I have stated herein.
Hope to hear from you soon,
Mrs Juanita lame
juanita_suseng@yahoo.com

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