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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: Rosemary King <mrsking000@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: mrs_king0132@yahoo.es
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:55:05 -0300
Subject: MY GOOD FRIEND


--
Dear Friend,

My name is Mrs. Rosemary C King I am a dying woman who has decided to
donate what I have to charity through you.

You may be wondering why I chose you. But someone has to be chosen. I am 59
years old and was diagnosed for cancer about 2 years ago, after the death
of my husband who had left me everything he worked for. I have been touched
by the Lord to donate from what I have inherited from my late husband to
charity through you for the good work of humanity, rather than allow my
relatives to use my husband hard earned funds inappropriately.

I have asked the Lord to forgive me all my sins and I believe he has,
because He is merciful. I will be going in for an operation, and I pray
that I survive the operation. I have decided to WILL/Donate the sum of
$15milliom (Fifteen Million Dollars) to charity through you for the good
work of the Lord, and to help the motherless, less privileged and also for
the assistance of the widows. At the moment I cannot take any telephone
calls, due to the fact that my relatives are around me and I have been
restricted by my doctor from taking telephone calls because I deserve all
the rest I can get.

Presently, I have informed my consultant about my decision in WILLING this
fund to charity through you. I wish you all the best and may the good Lord
bless you abundantly, and please use the funds well and always extend the
good work to others. If you are interested in carrying out this task, I
will inform my consultant, so that he can arrange the release of the funds
to you. I know I have never met you but my mind tells me to do this, and I
hope you act sincerely. I decided that 35% of this money should be taken by
you from the total sum upon the success release of this fund, because I am
now too weak and fragile to do things myself because of my cancer.

NB:I sincerely know that a lot has been written about some SCAM coming out
of the world, but I assure you that this will never in any way associated
with that as you will be given the right to verify this directly with the
finance company where the fund was deposited.

I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality in this matter until the task
is accomplished, as I don not want anything that will jeopardize my last
wish, due to the fact that I do not want relatives or family members
standing in the way of my last wish.

Yours sincerely,
Rosemary C. King

PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR FULL NAME, ADDRESS, TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBER ON YOUR REPLY
FOR EASY AND IMMEDIATE COMMUNICATION WITH MY CONSULTANT.


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