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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: "DR. GILLIARD JAMES DURWARD" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gilliardjm51@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:42:18 +0800
Subject: Donation For Charity Projects!!

Free Donation For Charity Projects


Dear Friend,

I am Dr.Gilliard James Durward Asian American but now been diagnosed with oesophageal cancer and have been hospitalized for couple of years now. I know as a human that you will feel for me, but the best thing you can do for me is to help me with this my proposal most especially for under privileged ones. I got your full information from the network searching and I decided to contact you out of the lot.

I am 73 years old and was married to Mrs, Joan Gilliard from Germany and a crude Oil dealer to Germany group of companies for years before She died in the year 2009. We were both married for Sixteen years without a child. My illness has defied all forms of Medical treatment, and right now I have about few months to live, according to the medical experts. Having known my condition and believing the doctor. I have decided to donate this fund to avoid total loss to less privilege, organizations, individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein.

My Wife died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before her death we were both good religious and since her death I decided not to re-marry. I have decided to give alms to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on this planet earth before anything could happen. So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations Algeria, Malaysia and also the Tsunami victims. Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself anymore.

I once asked my Wife¡¯s relatives to close one of my accounts and distribute the money which I have there to charity organization in Bulgaria and Pakistan; they refused and kept the money to themselves. Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contended with what I have left for them.

The last of my money which no one knows of, is this huge cash deposit of Twenty Five Million United States Dollars ($25.000.000) that I have in a secure financial institution which I will disclose to you later when I receive your positive reply showing your interest. The fund is declared as family wealth that is to tell you that the bank knows about the origin of the fund. I would want you to help me retrieve the fund and distribute the proceeds to charity organizations in your country while 20% remains for you. All I need from you is honesty.

I am interested to use this last fund for the propagation of the work of God in any form and for charity, like building Clinics, school, orphanage, library and drilling of water for the orphans, local community, helping also the widows, Old Aged, and people living with HIV AIDS who can not afford to pay for health, school and foodstuff or otherwise in relation to God work. I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and my wife¡¯s relatives are fighting over the properties and I don't want my wife's hard earned money to be misused by their greedy attitude.

I don't want a situation where this money will be used in an UNGODLY manner, hence the reason for taking this bold decision. I am not afraid of death since I am a good believer. I know that I am going to be in the bosom of God. The Holy bible says that the lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace. I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health and because of the presence of my wife's relatives around me always. I don't want them to know about this development rather will introduce you to a private lawyer to assist you. With God all things are possible.

Please do not fail to spread the funds across the globe.

Waiting for your urgent respond to enable us move ahead. Contact Email: gilliardjm51@aol.com


Yours sincerely

Dr.Gilliard James


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