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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: "HANS WILLEM RAMSPERGER"<hanswillemramsperger@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:36:00 +0100
Subject: YOUR FAITHFULNESS REQUIRED!

Dearly Beloved in Christ,

It is by the grace of God that I received Christ, having known the truth I had

no choice than to do what is lawful and just in the sight of God for eternal

life and in the sight of man for witness of God and His Mercies and glory upon

my life.

I am Mr Hans Willem Ramsperger, the Husband of Mrs. Avril Ramsperger, my wife

worked with the Chevron/Texaco in Kenya for twenty years before she died in the

year 2003. We
Were married for ten years without a child, my wife died after a brief illness

that lasted for only four days, before her death we both got born-again and

dedicated Christians. Since her death I decided not to re-marry or get a child

outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is strongly against. When my late

wife was alive she deposited the sum of $22.5 Million (Twenty two Million Five

Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars) with a Bank in Europe. Presently, this money is

still with the Bank and the management just wrote me as the beneficiary that our

account has been DORMANT and if I, as the beneficiary of the funds, do not re-

activate the account; the funds will be CONFISCATED or I rather issue a letter

of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf (note that you need to

activate this account) as I cannot come over. Presently, I’m in a hospital in

Kenya where I have been undergoing treatment for oesophageal cancer.

I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have

only a few weeks to live. It is my last wish to see this money distributed to

charity organizations anywhere in the World. Because relatives and friends have

plundered so much of my wealth since my illness, I cannot live with the agony of

entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them.

Please, I beg you in the name of God to help me Stand-in as the beneficiary and

collect the Funds from the Bank. I want a person that is God-fearing who will

use this money to fund Churches, orphanages and widows propagating the word of

God and to ensure that the house of God is maintained. The Bible made us to

understand that blessed is the hand that gives. I took this decision because I

don’t have any child that will inherit this money and my wife’s relatives are

not Christians and I don’t want my wife’s hard earned money to be misused by

unbelievers. I don’t want a situation where this money will be used in an

ungodly manner. Hence the reason for taking this bold decision.

I am not afraid of death since I know where I am going to, I know that I am

going to be in the bosom of the Lord. {Exodus14 VS14} says that the lord will

fight my case and I shall hold my peace. I don’t need any telephone

communication in this regard because of my soundless voice and presence of my

husband’s relatives around me always. I don’t want them to know about this

development.

With God all things are possible, beloved one, please send all replies to my

other email: hanswillemramsperger@yahoo.com.hk

Sincere Brother in Christ,
Mr Hans Willem Ramsperger


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