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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: =?utf-8?q?Mrs=20Fidelia=20Ajit?= <mrs_ajit3@yahoo.in>
Reply-To: mrs_ajit@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:41:50 +0530 (IST)
Subject: Greetings in the name of God


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: mrs_ajit3@yahoo.in



- Dear Beloved, Greetings in the name of God,Please let this not sound strange to you for my only surviving lawyer who would have done this died early this year.i prayed and got your email id from a website.I am Mrs.Fidelia Ajit from INDIA,I am 58 years old,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 babies home i was married to my late husband Mr.Ajit Kumar Bir for twenty years without a child,my husband died in a fatal motor accident Before his death we were true believers.Since his death I decided not to re-marry,My Late husband was very wealthy and after his death,I inherited all his assets.He was the former president of foreign contractors of Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS).Following my present condition,The doctors have advised me that since I do not have an alternative that I should better now decide what I will do with my late husband's proceeds.So now I decide to share some part of this proceeds to contribute to the development of charity in America, Africa, Europe and Asia especially to creat solution to the problem of the less privileged and orphanages.I selected you after visiting a website which I prayed for,I am willing to donate the sum of (US$3.5M).Dollars to the less privilege. Please I want you to note that this fund is lying in the Bank BANQUE ATLANTIQUE,Republic of Togo.in West Africa.I want you as God fearing person,to also use this money to fund church,orphanages and widows,I took this decision, before i rest in peace because my time will so on be up. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Bank.I will provide to you with a draft of an application that you are going to forward to the bank for the transfer to carried out.Presently,I'm with my laptop in a hospital here in london where I have been undergoing treatment for cancer of the lungs.Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein.Hoping to hear from you soon.Waiting for your reply Best regards and remain blessed,Mrs Fidelia Ajit.


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