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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: waltonchristy111@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:35:16 +0530
Subject: please keep this confidential

My Dearest,

Greeting to you my dear Brothers and Sisters the good people of this
planet earth i am writing you this e-mail not to disturb you but to ask
for your assistant based on my personality, and my present condition in
life and in particular what i intend doing for CHARITY.

I am Mrs. Christy Walton a widow and businesswoman, an American Citizen.
The intention of this email is to employ the expertise of a Charity minded
individual, who can identify a viable and guarantee reasonable
distribution of my wealth to the needy i worth $ 22.5 billion Dollars
which rated me as the 2nd Richest Woman in the World.
As the going says Money is not everything on earth, is painful now to let
the world now know my present condition as a cry for help I have been
suffering from a Heart disease for the passed 22 years, and just few weeks
ago my Doctors in America told me I have few months to live. and my WILL
been with my Lawyer which my Family is aware about, but no body is aware
about the 40% of my Bank Worth which is $9,000,000,000 (Nine Billion
United State Dollars).

I intend to give to CHARITY because have not seen anybody from my Family,
Relations and Friends which i trust can help me out, because i always have
this DREAM to help CHARITY and i have always promise my self that i most
do this very big at my end time to CHARITY, can i please trust you to help
me Donating to CHARITY Organization this heavy amount of Money because i
have just 2 Months left to die, and as I am writing you this email i am
full of Tears as I await my calling from God.

Please reply me back with your below details to enable us proceed further
and please keep this confidential.

NAME......................
ADDRESSES..................
COUNTRY:....................
NUMBER.....................
OCCUPATION.................
AGE........................

God Bless You.
Mrs.Christy Walton


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