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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: "sarah g smith" <gracesmith1@indiatimes.com>
Reply-To: gracesmith@indiatimes.com
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:04:41 -0300 (BRT)
Subject: ***SPAM*** Dear Sir/madam




Dear Sir/madam

My names are Sarah Smith; I am 26 years old, from London -England , where I school
and work as a fashion designer after school. I am the only child of my parents, my
father,and mother passed on in an accident late Mr. and Mrs. Pager smith.

BEFORE the demise of my father he willed his Real Estate Business and gas station
with a total sum of 50,700,000.00 (Fifty Million, Seven Hundred Thousand Pounds
Sterling) to me.

since the demise of my parents particularly my father, I have been having a
tough time trying to meet up with my daily and academic endeavors. Therefore,
I went to the bank where my
late father deposited the funds on my behalf to withdraw some money to take care of
myself,pay my school fees and other bills I needed to settled since after the death
of my
parents.

I was astonished when the Bank Management explained to me that I will not be able to
with withdraw from the deposited money, because my father had put a condition on
the Will and the form he filled. while depositing the fund with them stating that
before I will be given access to the money, I will either have to be 30 years before
I will be given access to the
money, or if only I get married before the age of 30.,in which case my husband will
be eligible to collect the money
on my behalf by standing in as my husband ,or if I can get a man or woman of
good conduct as a next
of kin to claim the deposited funds on my behalf . AT present I am only 25 years
old,At the moment I have no access to the money till I'm 30 years. So, I’m
contacting you to stand in as my husband or as the next of kin to claim this
fund on my behalf.

Let me have your feedback as regards to the above transaction at this point I
will leave you with 40% of the total sum 50,700,000.00 (Fifty Million, Seven
Hundred thousand Pounds Sterling),while 10 % will be mapped out for any expenses that
we're to use to receive the money from the deposited Bank.

Waiting for your response

Yours Truly,

Grace Sarah Smith

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