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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 HEIDELORE Daoud" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <benitaouraga@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 10:08:38 -0000
Subject: Mrs HEIDELORE Daoud

Dear,

Compliments of the day to you ! My name is Mrs HEIDELORE Daoud, I.m 57yrs old .I am a nationality Deutsch.I'm married to Deutsch (a German ) Mr
Roland HEIDELORE who worked with ELF OIL COMPANY for thirty years before he died in the plane crash On 25th of July 2000 with other passengers
aboard, immediately after the death of my husband, who left me everything he worked for and because the doctors told me I will not live longer than
some weeks because of my health, I decided to WILL/donate the sum of (Two million four hundred thousand united state dollars) to you for the good
work/humanity, and also to help the motherless and less privilege and also for the assistance of the widows.

I wish you all the best and may the good Lord bless you abundantly, and please use the funds well and always extend the good work to others. I
will appreciate your utmost confidentiality in this matter until the task is accomplished as I don't want anything that will jeopardize my last
wish.

Thank You and Bless You richly!

Yours Sincerely

Mrs HEIDELORE Daoud

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