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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: "BARBARA HANDOFF" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <donovanclinton@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:48:03 +0200
Subject: HELP ORPHANAGE CHILDREN


ORPHANAGE CHILDREN FOUNDATION
From: Barbara Handoff / Email: barbarahandoff@aol.com

Dear beloved,

I am Ms. Barbara Handoff, CEO Survival African/Spanish Charity Organization. I care for Orphans and work for the church orphans and orphan homes, .I have been working for the orphanages since I was 22 years old. That gives me about 47 years plus my age of experience. The name of the orphanage home is Survival African/Spanish Charity Organization.

At its height, our orphanage home accommodated 1500 children at a time. In all more than 20,000 children have passed through our orphanage home so far, Over 7000 migrated to Canada, Australia, and other countries.

We need to raise over millions of dollars every year through generous supporters who donate their time, money and energy. These donations are crucial in helping us improve people's lives and rise to the challenges of society's changing needs. Especially this hard time of crises, we are founding it difficult to raise some fund. We care for the private and local orphans from all around the world. We need to help the needy children urgently, please get back to us as soon as possible with this information listed below:
1. FIRST NAME:
2. LAST NAME:
3. AGE:
4. ADDRESS:
5. CITY:
6. STATE:
7. ZIP CODE:
8. COUNTRY:
9. PHONE NUMBER:
10 GENDERS:
11. AMOUNT:

If you are interested in helping the needy children with any amount monthly or anyhow nothing is too small, we will really appreciate. Please contact our representative in Spain

Name: Donovan Clinton
Tel: + 34 646 151 216
Email: donovanclinton@aol.com

We hope to read from you soonest.
Warmest Regards,

Barbara Handoff
Ceo/Director
Survival African / Spanish Charity Organization

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