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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: Emanuela Appia <emmfof4@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: emanuelaappia@hotmail.fr
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 22:01:53 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Mrs Emanuela Appia


My dear i crave your indulgence to read this mail that God has directed to you,And i With Love And Trust I KnowYou Can Handle it with God fearing Amen


I am Mrs Emanuela Appia I am 62 years old from Ivory Coast,I am suffering from a long time cancer of the Lungs which also affected my brain,from all indication my conditions is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious that, according to my doctors they have advised me that i may not live
for the next two months, this is because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage.I was brought up from a motherless babys home, and was married to my late husband for twenty years without a child. My husband died in a fatal motor accident, before his death were True Christians and since
his death I decided not to re-marry, and I sold all my inherited belongings and deposited all the sum of $4.5 million dollars with a Bank.

Presently, this money is still with them and the management just wrote me as the true owner to come forward to receive the money for keeping it so long o rrather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf since I can not come over because of my illness or they get it
confisticated,

Presently,I'm with my laptop in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment of Brass cancer I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a few months to live,

It is my last wish to see that this money isinvested to any organization of your choice and distributed each year among the charity organization, the poor and the motherless babies home where I come from, and I want you a God fearing person to use this money to fund help some of the churches,
orphanages and widows.I took this decision, before I rest in peace because my time will soon be up,As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Bank.I will also issue you a letter of authority that will prove you as the new beneficiary of my fund. Please assure me that you
will act accordingly as Istated herein. I shall wait at your prayerful reply soon, Please do not fail to contact me with my via Email address:

Thanking you in His precious name.

>From mrs Emanuela AppiaI

writting from the hospital.





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