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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: Mrs Agatha Wilson <azbxxxxxxxxx@bigmsn.net>
Reply-To: " mrsagathawil"@live.fr
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 16:00:29 -0800 (PST)
Subject: PLEASE YOUR URGENT RESPONSE IS NEEDED MY DEAR.


Dear Friend in the
lord,

Please use this money for the
Churches,Islamic and Less Privileged in the world.

Greetings to you and your family
in the name of God,in my search for a reliable and God fearing person and having
gotten your contact through prayers and pains taking efforts via searching i
made on the internet on my bed side.

I have decided to seek your help
in carrying out my last wishes.My name is Mrs. Agatha Wilson, I'm a 58 years old
woman and my Country is Sierra- Leone,i was a merchant and owned two businesses
in Dubai,i was also married with two children.

My husband and two children where
involved in a plane crash in the Dec,25th Before this happened,my business and
concern for making
money was all I care for,i never really cared about other values in
life.

But since the loss of my family, I
have found a new desire to assist helpless families,i have been helping orphans
in orphanage/motherless,i have also donated some money for humanitarian
needs,only recently I saw on television the colossal loss of properties and
livelihood people in Canberra, Australia through fire.

I was moved with great pity and
compassion that I decided to make this contribution on assisting people over
there or any part of the world like Asia/ Europe and America that might still
need any financial help,i have kept (US,4 Million) Four Million United States
Dollars in a long-term deposit in a Finance company in Cotonou Benin Republic West
Africa.

Presently, I'm in a hospital where
I have been undergoing treatment for Oesophagi Cancer at International Memorial Hospital
Cotonou.

I have since lost my ability to
talk and my doctors have told me that I have only few weeks to live,It is my
last wish to see this money distributed to victims of the fire outbreak in Australia and other charity organization in
the World like i said,i have enclosed for you the Current Photogragh I took
below Because relatives and friends have plundered so much of my wealth since my
illness,I cannot live with the agony entrusting this huge responsibility to any
of them.

Please, I beg you in the name of
God to help me collect the deposit with the help of my Lawyer and distributes it
accordingly Use your judgment to distribute the money and keep 20% of it to
yourself.Feel free to re-imburse yourself when you have the money for any
expences you made during the process of collecting/claiming the Funds on my
behalf.

Please If you are willing to
help,please reply as soon as possible,again I will allow you to communicate with
the financial company directly upon the receipt of your reply because I want
this project to be completed before the end of this month before i die according
to the Doctor.

And also attach to me in your
return mail your personal details for familiarity,May the good lord bless
you.

1.Your Full Names

2.Your Age/ Sex

3.Your Marital Status

4.Your Occupation

5.Your Mobile
Numbers/Fax

6.Your International
Passport/Working ID/Driving Lincence.

Regards,

Mrs Agatha Wilson


 








 




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