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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.Betty Smither" <bettysmither32@gmail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 02:54:31 +0300 (EAT)
Subject: Very Urgent


Mrs.Betty Smither
bettysmither32@gmail.com


My DEAR,

I am Mrs.Betty Smither,the widow of the late Major General
Kennedy.O.Smither,the Chief of Policy,Plans and finance who was setup and
killed via plane crash because of his none support of continued staying in
power by the then President (Rtd)Gen Olusegun Obasanjo to be the life
president as Investigation reviewed that the pilot of the aircraft was the
best pilot the Air force had in the C-130 plane category,even according to
sources the pilot has once landed the same C-130 plane safely with failed
four engines in 1989,while this sad event took place few minutes after
taken-off with four good sound engines and the same four sound engine
failed as the plane was trying to ascend at about 4:30 PM barely 3 minutes
after taken-off from the Muritala Mohammed Airport Ikeja and fell down
into the swamp of Ejigbo at the out-sketch of Lagos.

The aircraft was about 90% submerged into the swampy waters,which flows
across Mile 2,FESTAC and Apapa that would have crash-landed in FESTAC town
with number of causalities that would have been more than what it was,but
with the skill and experience of the pilot he diverted the plane where it
eventually landed and reducedthe number of causalities.

But Since after my husband's death, honestly my family is under pains and
sufferings notwithstanding being molesting,policing from some then
Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo supporting top military officers in the
barrack and some top politician in PDP Party,upon my husband's Bank
Account both here and abroad being frozen by the same Civilian Government
in
assumption that my Late husband was among Abacha's supporters to be life
president before his death.

Furthermore,we are under every day monitoring by the present Government
about my husband's assets and some vital documents,but just recently the
president ordered the security agents with immediate effect to stop

molesting and policing me and my family following the recent discovery of
my husband's Bank Account with Swiss Bank in which the sum of US$700
Million and 450 Million Dutch was logged.For this reason I have decided to
contact you in confidence based on trust to assist me and move out the

sum of US$18.5 Million Dollars,which was lodged secretly in one of the
local banks here by me,which I have concluded with the local bank manager
in
confidence to assist us transfer the fund into any account
provided outside here to avoid being taken away from me,since nothing was
left for me to take care of my little three kids.Please for this reason I
personally therefore appeal to you seriously and religiously for your
urgent assistant to move this money into your account in your country
where I believe it will be safe since I cannot travel outside the country
now to avoid any suspicious.

However,i have concluded an arrangements with the bank manager where the
money was lodged into, to move this money out of the country in a secret
swift transfer as soon as you indicate interest and send any bank account
of your choice for the transfer,then the bank manager will send to you,all
the related documents that will make you claim the rightful beneficiary of
the money.

Conclusively, we have agreed to offer you 40% of the total sum,while 50%
is to be held on trust by you until we decide on a suitable business
investment in your country,as 10% is mapped out for internal and external
expenses.

Please,reply urgently and treat with absolute confidentiality and
sincerity,and include your private email address, phone and number and
the bank account of your choice where the money will be transferred
into.Please am sending this mail to you with tears and sleepless nite
based on my present condition am into.

Thanks and God Bless you,
Yours Faithfully,
Mrs.Betty Smither
bettysmither32@gmail.com


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