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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: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?In=E8s__En=E9as?=" <inrea04@yahoo.in> (may be fake)
Reply-To: inrea04@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:38:12 +0200 (EET)
Subject: Attention: My Beloved One,


>From Mrs Inès Irène Enéas.


Attention: My Beloved One,


Compliments of the day to you! By this e-mail I do sincerely apologize for
my intrusion of your privacy. I am happy to know you, but God knows you
better and he knows why he has directed me to you at this point in time so
do not be afraid. I am writing this mail to you with heavy tears In my
eyes and great sorrow in my heart, I want to tell you this because i don't
have any other option than to tell you as i was touched to open up to you.
However, My name is Mrs Inès Irène Enéas from France, I'm 58 years old
suffering from a long time cancer of the breast From all indication my
conditions is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious that according
to my doctors they have advised me that I may not live for the next two
months this is because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage
which I believe you might be of help and for this reason I contact you, I
know you would be surprised to read from someone relatively unknown to you
before,Let this not sound strange to you.


I grew up in a motherless baby home, and married my late husband for
twenty years without a child. He worked with Shell Oil Company for thirty
years before he died in Air France Concorde flight 4590 crash, with other
passengers aboard. He was a philanthropist and since his death, I decided
not to remarry. Before this incident, he deposited $1.5Million (One
million Five Hundred thousand US Dollars) in a bank. This money is still
in the bank, and the management asked me to put forward an application for
claim as 'the next of kin'. If not, I should issue a letter of
authorization to someone to do so on my behalf since I am terminally ill.
Otherwise, they will refer the fund to the state treasury.


I'm now in a hospital where I am undergoing treatment And my last wish is
to make sure this fund is available for use in any charity organization of
your choice, when you receive the fund in your account, thereby you will
take 30% of it for yourself and family. while the remaining 70% to build a
foundation in memory of my late husband for the orphanage.I want you as a
God-fearing person, to manage this fund astutely. I took this decision to
enable me die in peace, because my time is near. Immediately I receive
your reply, I will also instruct the bank, lawyer to issue you a letter of
authorization that will prove you the sole beneficiary of the fund.
Please assure me that you will act on humanitarian motives.Furthermore, if
you are not capable of handling this task or do not have confidence in it,
please quickly delete the message and forget about it. Thank you. Waiting
for your reply My DIRECT EMAIL ID :( inrea04@yahoo.com )


Yours Sincerely

Mrs Inès Irène Enéas


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