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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. Alicja Carter <AlicjaCarter@intl-dsd.org>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:43:54 +0100
Subject: Hello

My Name is Mrs. Alicja Carter, I'm Polish woman, born on December 25th 1927 (84years old). my late husband is an American citizen from Scituate, Rhode Island,
His Name is Harold Carter, we are married for forty years (40years) but we did not have any child, since his death many years back, i have been struggling with
Cancer and fibroid.

Before his death, he deposited U.S. $ 11.5Million with a Turkey security company, He ordered the security company to send the consignment to His only Sister
in Scituate USA , But the security company can not reach HER for many years.

But when I tried to contact my late husband's sister in Scituate USA, i was told that she died in auto car accidents on her 26th birthday. I am currently in the hospital, the doctor told me that i have less than one month to die due to deadly disease of over spread Cancer and fibroid in my body.

The doctor told me that I have only one month to live due to my ailment. Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to either a charity/orphanage
home or devoted God fearing individual,that will utilize this money to fund charity homes (Motherless homes), orphanages, and widows and must be from USA. I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money.

40% of this money will be for you and your family, you must give 60% for (Motherless homes), orphanages, and widows. You have to act fast because if i die without presenting next of kin to the security company, then the fund will be donated to Turkey Government.
Once i get your response i will give you more details to have the fund transfer to you.

i am not an english woman but i hope you can understand my message clearly.

Thanks
Mrs. Alicja Carter.


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