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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: "Mrs Susan Neustadter" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <susan1neustadter@rocketmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 09:42:50 -0700
Subject: YOU ARE FROM THE SAME COUNTRY WITH MY HUSBAND

FROM THE SICK BED AT THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE {www.nhs.uk/Pages/HomePage.aspx}:
I have to write this message from the Hospital Bed using the Office computers of the National Health Service {NHS} Hospital United Kingdom, I am Mrs Susan Neustadter, a Briton from Nottingham, 69 years of age.

My late Husband {Mr A. Neustadter} for his bless memory whom I dearly loved so much but died normally runs a colossal steel company in UK, Sadly enough suffered high blood pressure and died in march 20th 2009 after a very serious car Accident, since he died I am now left alone in this whole wide-world because I could not manager my illness alone Immediately he died.

My Presently concern is that, most people I shared my life experience with about the unwillingness of My Husband to have anything to do with his Country of Origin because he loved England so much before death took him away from me would always put the blame directly on me that my action could have indirectly supported it but that was not true position of thing as at them, the negative effect that he never want to go his native Country for any reason should not be pointed at me for any reason.

I clearly know that My situation is very very bad but I really do not want to die.
However, I clearly lost faith in this whole wide-world when I over heard the Two expatriate Doctors right here at the National Health Service assigned to treat my chronic condition said that, I have a very short time to live on earth due to the complexity nature of the Chronic Coronary heart disease cum the Breast cancer that has eaten deep into my system which is now coursing me a partial paralysis from a stroke on the Hospital sick bed.

My last wish on Earth is to correct the wrong impression people have about me that I personally seized my Husband's from haven a trace link with his extended family members in his Country which I never honestly did not do intentionally because all our actions as a lovely family was collective decision.
Last night, I did had a revelation entrust the whole deposit funds that I am My Husband kept in a special Secret Vault deposit secured coded {£2,047,869 GBP} equivalent of {$3.2Million US Dollars} at the custody of an old generation Bank in UK called Prudential Bank Plc London {www.prudential.co.uk/prudential-plc/aboutpru/ourpeople/structure/} to an unknown person or Establishment from My Husband's Country of Origin that is willing to legally and legitimately clear out the secret coded Fund's at the Bank in accordance of the British Monetary Law and subsequently used it to establish a good Charity organization for the Orphans/the less privileges in Husband's Country.
I decided to first communicate to you because I clearly found your full name/contact email as amount Three other names in My late Husband diary and he clearlly indicated on your name that you are from his country home.

i} Your Full Name......................
ii} The Company you represent {If any}..............
iii} Address...............................
iv} Age....................................
v} Occupation.....................
vi} An attach copy of your National I.D {OR Driving licence}............
vii} Telephone.............

Immediately I receive the above information from you, I would then communicate again to the Chief Executive Director of the Prudential Bank Plc, forward your full data's to him as well inform him about willingness to clear out the Fund's from the Bank's secret vault coded position Officially and gets the Fund's claimed and use it run a good Charity organization in line with my dream/desire, I would also send the via an attachment the Fund's Original Certificate of deposit to you, so that you could personally forwards it to the Bank's Chief Executive Directive Officer, for urgent action.
Thanks.
Mrs Susan Neustadter
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE UK.
susanneustadter@rocketmail.com

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