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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: "Sandra David" <mrssandradavid@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 01:49:04 +0200
Subject: Urgently Please

Hope you got this on time, I do not know how you will feel about
this.But i swear to God Almighty that this is not scam.And do not
because of spammers you wont come to my aid.I'm Sandra David a
Canadian single I just wanted to seek your help on something,because
something very terrible is happening to me now.And i will be glad if
you can come to my aid.I had a trip(seminar) here in West
Africa[Nigeria].I'm presently in Owerri city .
Unfortunately for me all my money got stolen on my way to the hotel
where i lodged along with my bag where my passport was,I don't know
this is how this country is. And since then I have been without any
money i am even owing the hotel management here.if not for the help of
the hotel receptionist squatting me,because my lodge rent has
expired.The embassy only issued me a temporary ID until I have enough
money to process my papers .What i need now is some money to pay the hotel
management their balance and return back to Montreal Canada.
So i have limited access to emails for now,and i cannot even have
access to my bank account.please i need you to lend me some money
so that i can make arrangements and return back to Canada.i
promise and swear to God Almighty to refund the money back to you
as soon as i return back to Canada with twenty-five percent
interest of what ever you send to me.For the avoidance of
doubt you can check my bank information below with the following
details:
.1 Bank Site:myubn.com
.2 User Name:sandra
.3 Password:sandradavid
You can check on it to be sure that i will pay you back as soon as i
return back to Canada,i promise. I have spoken to the embassy here but
they are not responding to the matter effectively,I will appreciate
whatever you can afford to assist me get back to Canada. if you can be of
any help please let me know immediately so that i can give you the hotel
receptionist details with which you can pay the money.please i beg you
with the name of God the environment is very unfavorable for me.hoping to
hear from you immediately please,so that i can give you the hotel
receptionist details with which you can help me.Thanks

Regards
Sandra










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