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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. Charity Roberts" <info@charity.com>
Reply-To: mrs.charityrobert@9.cn
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 04:43:03 +0600
Subject: Beloved




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Mrs. Charity Roberts
Address: Oxfordshire SE14, London UK.
Email: mrs.charityrobert@9.cn

Beloved,

I am Mrs. Charity Roberts, suffering from cancerous ailment. I was married
to Sir Johnson Roberts an English shipping tycoon notable for his great
charitable activities before his death in March 24th, 2010. When my late
husband was alive he deposited the sum of three million five hundred
thousand pounds (3,500,000.00 GBP) which were derived from his vast estates
and investment in capital market with his bank here in London and named me
as the beneficiary of this trust fund (All records are kept with my family
lawyer). Presently, this money is still with the Bank.

My Doctor told me recently, that I have limited days to live due to the
cancerous problems that I have been suffering from. Though what bothers me
most is the stroke that I have in addition with the Cancer. With this hard
reality that has befallen me, I have decided to donate this fund to you so
i want you to use this gift which comes from my Late husbands effort to
establish a charity home for the up keep of widows, widowers,
orphans,destitute, the down-trodden, physically challenged children, barren
women and persons who prove to be genuinely handicapped financially.

I took this decision because I do not have any child that will inherit
this money and my husband relatives are bourgeois and very wealthy persons
and I do not want my husband hard earned money to be misused or invested
into ill perceived ventures, which is the reason i took this bold decision.

I do not need any telephone Communication in this regard due to my
deteriorating health and because of the presence of my Husband relatives
around me, Please assure me that you will act just as I have stated Herein.

This is my personal email contact address: mrs.charityrobert@9.cn

Hope to hear from you soon.

Remain Blessed,
Mrs. Charity Robert

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