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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: "Laura Waters" <wwlaura@live.cn.com>
Reply-To: wlaura@live.cn.com
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 10:30:25 +0300 (EAT)
Subject: can i read from you,please?

My dear Friend,
Greetings to you in the name of God. His richest blessings shall be upon
you forever!
I am Mrs. Laura Waters, I am 52 years old, from the Fiji Islands but
hospitalised; I lost my ability to speak and suffering from a long time
cancer of the Lungs (stage 4).
>From all indication, my condition is really deteriorating and it is quite
obvious that, according to my doctors they have advised me that I live for
the next few months, this is because the cancer stage four (4) has gotten
to a very bad stage.
I was brought up in a motherless babies home, was married to my late
husband for twenty years without a child. My husband died in a fatal
motor accident and before his death we were true Christians.
Since his death I decided not to re-marry, I sold all my inherited
belongings and deposited all the sum of $6.5 million dollars with a
Security Company at madrid, spain as family treasury before i was admitted
in the hospital.
Presently,this money is still with them in a trunk box and the management
just wrote me as the true owner to come forward to receive the deposited
box for keeping it so long or rather issue a letter of authorization to
somebody to receive it on my behalf since I cannot come over because of
my illness or forfeit it into their recovery vault.
Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital where I have been undergoing
treatment for cancer of the lungs (stage 4). I have since lost my ability
to hear nor talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a few
months to live. It is my last wish to see that this money is invested to
any organization of your choice and distributed each year among the
charity organizations, the poor and the motherless babies' homes where I
come from.
I want you as a person who respects God, to travel to spain for claim,
also use this money to fund churches, orphanages and widows. I took this
decision, before I rest in peace because my time will soon be up.
As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the
security company. I will also issue you a letter of authority that will
approve you as the new beneficiary of the deposited trunk box(fund
inclusive).
Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein. I hope
to receive your prayerful reply through any of these private email
addresses:
wlaura@live.cn.com
wlaura5252@yahoo.com.hk

Yours truly,
Mrs. Laura Waters.


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