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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?Henrik_=D6stberg?= <Henrik.Ostberg@boliden.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 01:27:29 +0200
Subject: Dear Beloved


I am Mrs. Wanek Darylene, the wife of late Robert Darylene; both of us
arecitizens of the united state of America. My husband worked with the
Chevron/Texaco in Hong Kong for twenty years before he died .We were both
married for ten years without a child. My Husband died after a brief illness
that lasted for only four days.

Before his death we both got born-again as dedicated Christians.Since his
death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home
which the Bible is strongly against. When my late husband was alive he
deposited the sum of (SIX MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED KINGDOM
POUNDS.) with a Bank in Europe.

Presently, this money is still with the Bank and the management just wrote me
as the beneficiary that our account has been DORMANT and if I, as the
beneficiary of the funds, do not re- activate the account; the funds will be
CONFISCATED or I rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to
receive it on my behalf (note that you need to activate his account) as I can
not come over. Presently, I'm in a hospital in Hong Kong where I have
been undergoing treatment for throat cancer.

I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I
cannot survive this illness. It is my last wish to see this money distributed
to charity organizations and NGO anywhere in the World in helping human race.
Because relatives and friends have plundered so much of my wealth since my
illness, I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge responsibility
to any of them.Please, I beg you in the name of God to help me Stand-in as the
beneficiary and collect the Funds from the Bank.

I want a person that is God-fearing who will use this money to fund
orphanages and widows propagating the word of God and to ensure that the
house of God is
maintained. The Bible made us to understand that blessed is the hand that
giveth. I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit
this money. I await your quick response to this mail as this is my last wish
to see this funds transferred before my Death. If you are OK with this, do
contact me on this email address: mrs_wanek.darylene@hotmail.com

Your Sister In Christ,
Mrs.Wanek Darylene


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