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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 Grace Wood" <grace.wood13@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 11:29:15 +0100 (CET)
Subject: With due respect beloved

With due respect beloved

Please do not be flattered with my offer and opportunity to assist me in accomplishing my final wishes, why I contacted you is what I do not know but I believe it is the will of God Almighty. Please do not reject this offer, kindly accept it in good faith and make sure you use the money according to my wishes.

My dear at the moment, I want to confirm to you that doctors have confirmed that I will die very soon. I do not know why God has allowed me to go through all these problems but only he knows. All my prayer as of now is let the will of God be done in my situation/my life.
Apart from praying for my recovery, the only thing that you will do for me to keep/make me happy even if I die today is to make sure you claim that said funds from the bank and allowed them not to confiscate it.

It is my last wish to use the money to help the poor, widows and help as many as the less privileged ones that I can reach. So therefore the only good you can do to me now is to make sure you claim the money as quick as possible and make sure you used it as I have directed.

Already I have sent LETTER OF AUTHORIZATION and WILL LETTER to the bank so that they will transfer the money to you for the project.  I will like you to use the money and help the poor and the motherless as I said before.  Don’t fail to call the bank manager once you receive this mail for immediate transfer of the funds to you.

As a matter of fact, the only thing that will make me happy now and sustains my life is to hear that you have contacted the bank and that the funds have been transferred to you. So therefore, I want to know if they have contacted you as directed in my email to them; if they have not, Please do contact them now and get back to me.

Once again, this is the direct contact of the bank head of operations :
Mr. Uche Dan
First Inland Bank of Nigeria Plc
Email:firstinlandbnknigeriaplc01@w.cn

Please do contact them immediately and get back to me for more details on how to get the money transferred to you.

Thanks and God bless you  
Mrs. Grace Wood.

Please cope my email and send me your reply
Email; grace.wood12@gmail.com
  

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