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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 Anita Ted Brown <mrsanitatedbrown81@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 19:36:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Mrs Anita Ted Brown



My GREETINGS,
=A0
My names are Mrs=A0Anita Ted Brown,=A0I am a 65 years old woman, I am a bri=
tish=A0woman,=A0a business merchant and owned=A0series of businesses in=A0a=
ll over the world before i became ill.
=A0
I am married with two children, my=A0husband and two children died in a car=
accident six years ago but=A0before this happened my business and concern =
for making money was all=A0I cherished and lived for, I =A0never really car=
ed about other values in life, but since the loss of my family,=A0I have fo=
und a new desire to assist helpless=A0people and I have been helping orphan=
s in orphanage/ motherless homes.
=A0
=A0
I=A0have donated some money to orphans in Sudan, South Afriac=A0Cameroun, S=
pain, Australia, Somalia and some Asian countries before=A0I became ill.=A0=
=A0
=A0
I kept=A0 (US$12Million)=A0with a commercial bank in London UK=A0and presen=
tly I am=A0in a hospital due to my sickness.
=A0
The doctor told me=A0I have=A0serious breast=A0cancer and that I have a few=
months to live and it is my last wish to see that this money is distribute=
d to charity organizations wisely because so much of my wealth has been plu=
ndered an robbed by my=A0relatives and friends since my illness and I canno=
t live with the agony of entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them=
again since the money in the=A0bank is the last fund that=A0I have left, m=
y friends and relatives have misuse all my funds that=A0I left in thier pos=
ession since my illness.
=A0
You might be wondering why=A0I did not ask my close relatives to pick over =
this task, but I once=A0asked members of my family to close one of my accou=
nts in=A0france=A0and donate the=A0money which I have there to charity orga=
nizations=A0and to victims of hurricane katrina in US,=A0they=A0closed the =
account but refused to donate the money to the=A0organizations and to victi=
ms of this hurricane, some of them even fled away with some of the money=A0=
while the rest=A0 shared the remaining money among themselves and planned t=
o=A0kill me because=A0from the way they are=A0 acted around me tells me=A0t=
hat they wanted me dead=A0so that they can take over my remaining funds=A0h=
ence I do not trust them=A0anymoreas they seem not=A0to be content with wha=
t I have left for=A0them.
=A0
Please,=A0I am beging and pleading to=A0you in the name of God to help me c=
ollect this last funds deposited=A0in a commercial Bank in=A0London as the =
benefficiary of it=A0and distribute it amongst charity organizations and us=
e your judgement to distribute the money to the motherless, orphanage homes=
and to the blind ones and keep 10% of it to yourself for your effort and h=
elp, please I am all doing this just to justify my believe to help the need=
y before I give up and I will like you to see it from the implication of yo=
ur heart as a need to assist a fellow human being and assist me in doing th=
is knowing fully well that there is reward for you from God.
=A0
Also feel free to reimburse yourself when you have the money for any cost y=
ou incure during the process of collecting and distributing the money to ch=
arity organizations, may the good Lord bless you and your family.

I=A0await your urgent response.

Please=A0get back to me via mail as=A0I can only reply through my labtop be=
cause I can not talk very well due to the sickness.

Sincerly,

Mrs=A0Anita Ted Brown



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