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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <regshu@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:48:50 +0000
Subject: From: Mrs. Regina Shumejda, CAN I TRUST YOU?



From: Mrs. Regina Shumejda, CAN I TRUST YOU
Occupation: Retired mid wife
London, United Kingdom.

(HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INVESTMENT)

Hello Dear Beloved,

I am Mrs. Regina Shujmeda from London, A widow to late Mr. John Shujmeda who was the President of agricultural equipment giant AGCO Corp, Who perished on the 4th of January 2002 in a plane crash in Birmingham;
i am deaf and suffering from a protracted cancer of the lungs which has affected my brain. From all indication my condition is really deteriorating, and my doctors have courageously advised me that i may not live beyond the next two months to four months; this is because the cancer stage has reached a critical stage.

Please you can view this CNN website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/1742404.stm

for details on the crash.

My late Husband Mr. John Shumejda and senior vice president for sales and marketing Ed Swingle had died in the crash. I got your E-mail & your contact during my preoidically search for a reliable and honest person who will assist me out in this transaction, but I did not disclose the intention to anyone because of the delicate nature of the proposal.

My late husband deposit (£20M) (twenty Million Pounds) in a Prime Bank Before the death of my late husband he told me that I Have to invest this money out of London that he don’t Want any body from his office or our country to know About this money, that is why I contacted you so that You will help me to transfer out this money out from My country to your country Account for investment.

If this money reaches 5 years, it will automatically move to the Bank Vault {Central Bank of United Kingdom} as "UNCLAIMED FUND".

All I need from you now is to present you to the Bank Management as the next of kin to the dead man and have the Bank pay you (Beneficiary) this money as your late Uncle's money which he left in our bank since you are a foreigner like him.

Please if you are interested, kindly get back to me as quickly as possible to enable me make all the necessary arrangement towards how to present you to the bank as "truly next of kin" to the late man.

I have made an arrangement with my family lawyer who Will send an application Letter to the bank on your behalf as The next of kin to my late husband Mr. John Shujmeda, And I will use my position as the wife and stand on Your behalf as the next of kin to my late husband.

After the transfer of this money to your as the beneficially /next of kin
to my late husband, you will Be offer 40% of the total money, It is my wish to see that 10% percent is invested in any organization of your choice and distributed each year among the charity organization, the poor and the motherless baby's home where i come from and cancer patients as well.

Then 50% will be for my son, which you will assist him to invest my own share in your country in your behalf. And it wills urgent that my family lawyer will issue you all the advance documentation that was used to deposit this fund in the Citi Bank London.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/1742404.stm

If you are interested please get in touch with me as Soon as possible for more details.
Awaiting your reply on
Yours in Christ,
Mrs. Regina Shumejda,

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