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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 Rita Donald <ritadonald02@ymail.com>
Reply-To: Mrs Rita Donald <ritadonald02@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:14:55 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Calvary Greetings,




 
Calvary Greetings,

I feel quite safe and satisfied dealing with you in this charity project. Though, this medium (Internet) has been greatly abused, but I choose to reach you through it because it still remains the fastest, surtest and most secured medium of communication.

However, this correspondence is purely private, and it should be treated as such.

I am Mrs Rita Donald, a citizen of Hungary and a merchant resident in Cote D'Ivore. I have been diagnosed with Oesophageal cancer, it has defiled all forms of medical treatment, and right now I have only few weeks to live, according to medical experts,  I have willed and given most of my property and assets to my immediate and extended family members as well as a few close friends. I need your prayers for God to be merciful to me and accept my soul, so I have decided to give arms to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I will do on earth. So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations in the U.A.E, Algeria and Malaysia. Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself anymore.

I once asked members of my family to close one of my accounts and distribute the money which I have there to charity organization in Palestine 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.

Therefor the last of my money which no one knows about, is the huge amount of money which was an inheritance fund from my late husband Stephen Donald, which he deposited in a finance firm / security company, he deposited the sum of ($5,600,000.00) as family valuable. So i will like you to help me collect this fund and dispatched it to charity organizations over there in your country. It will please me so much if you can fulfil this divine obligation before I die.

If you are willing to carry on with this divine mission, please endeavour to reply as soon as possible.

Best Regards

Mrs Rita Donald.

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