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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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Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <sanline1@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:10:31 +0000
Subject: I NEED YOU



Hello Dear Beloved, Please accept my sincere apologizes if my email does not meet your business or personal ethics. I am Mrs. Susan Shumejda from London, I am 65 years old, a widow to late Mr.John Shumejda who was the President of agricultural equipment giant AGCO Corp, who perished on the 4th of January 2002 in a plane crash in Birmingham. Please View the Website below: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/1742404.stmhttp://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/01/04/england.plane/ After my late husband's funeral rights, I felt sick a month later and was rushed to the hospital, the doctor told me that I have the Cancer of the lungs and made it known to me that the Cancer has eating up my lungs and from there I started receiving treatments immediately. I was at the hospital all those while and when I was discharged from the hospital, I came back home 2 weeks ago only to find out that my late husband's elder brother has taking position of everything my husband left as a legacy to me and my only son but although is a son i had out of wed luck which my late husband never new about. But After going through some files of my late husband in his underground private safe box, I discovered a Deposit of (£15Million) (Fifteen Million Pounds) in a Bank. But due to my sickness, I have not been able to claim this fund from the Bank, as I have been re-admitted in the hospital in Liverpool again and my sickness continues getting waster. I am 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 Six months to eight months; this is because the cancer stage has reached a critical stage. I am contacting you based on trust to present you to the Bank as the Next of Kin and Bonafide Inheritor to my Late Husband's fund, since I cannot claim this fund myself and my son JOHN now and I may not live beyond next six-eight months according to my Doctors, but I have the faith in God that I will live more than the months my Doctors said by God grace. Presently, I'm with my laptop in the hospital where I have been undergoing treatment in Liverpool. Please! Please!! Your help is needed to avoid this money been diverted to the Government of UK as unclaimed fund/dormant account or by my late husband family. Please you have to come to the aid of a dieing Widow by helping me in securing the money out of the Bank to your Private Bank account in your country after which you will help me in investing some part of the money with the name Of my only son (JOHN) in your country to enable him purchase a good living in your country and further his education. Please you have to help me in keeping the secret about my SON JOHN for that has been the secret that i have not shared with any body in this world .I will be very happy even in my grave if this should be the only thing I could achieve for my only son (JOHN) before I die. If you will so kind to be of help, I will be very glad and only God will reward you for that. Upon the successful claim/transfer of the fund in your account as the next of Kin, 40% of the total fund will be taking as your own share, 10% goes to the Orphanage homes, while the remaining 50% will be kept for my son John. Your assistant will be highly appreciated.Thanks and God bless.Mrs.Susan Shumejda ( Widow)

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