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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: "Dr Smith Eleasu" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <livingdonor@mail2africa.com>
Date: Sat, 14 May 2011 01:16:35 +0900
Subject: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN/KIDNEY DONATION.

The life we live in is filled with ups and downs and every passing day we are faced with

uneven life complexities, a situation in which some are more vulnerable, while other gets

lucky even with their numerous shortcomings.

The beauty of life is, while some are vulnerable in their bodies and are in need, others are

there to pick them up so they can lead normal lives.

Our organization is in place to help people with ACUTE RENAL FAILURE; having donated one of

my kidneys before now, as a medical doctor I am also in contact with more than 50 people

with whose HIV/AIDS status is negative are moved by the mission of this great organization

to be a part of this project.

Against general beliefs that the living donor of a kidney does not live or has defect, we

have practical life stories that you might be interested in to clear your doubts and open

your eyes to the acknowledgment of the fact that the best way to lead life is to affect a

life, because that is what will count for us all in the end.

My country Nigeria is faced with all sort stereotype, which has affected the image and good

will of our great country in the negative, but it does not mean that we all are the same. We

are working tirelessly to curb and reduce corruption to the barest minimum; it will however

portray a fallacy of composition to say that¡±same for one same for all¡±. Our country NIGERIA

has the population of more than 148 million people and they all cannot be fraudsters and

people of questionable character. We belong in the category of the selected few who are

willing to make a change and project Nigeria as a country peopled with integrity and strong

character, this we have being achieving via impartation and transformation of lives.

As a result, the need to help people who have renal failure is what we set out to achieve,

we have in our organization a lot of people we are willing to donate one of their kidneys

for a fee, but the motive behind that is the desire to affect lives positively.

You can mail us at livingdonor@mail2africa.com


We nonetheless, are involved in this with hospitals in INDIA, some of which are Fortis

hospital and Apollo hospital; there you will see how Nigerians have successfully donated

kidneys for this just cause. For proof you can willingly visit us in Nigeria or if as a

result of failing health this is not achievable, you can send down your representatives to

meet your prospective donors.

While thanking you for your attention we look forward to hearing from you in good time.
Please do not reply these mail if you believe is a scam.



Thanks.
Your Sincerely,
Signed,
Dr Smith Eleasu.

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