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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: jennydonald <mrsjennydonald@hotmail.fr>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 20:01:46 +0200
Subject: God's Greeting to you My Dear,


God's Greeting to you My Dear,

How are you today? I hope all is well with you and you’re Family to the
Glory of God.

Let me first of all inform you, I got your email address from a mail
Directory
and decided to mail you for a permission to go ahead. I am Mrs. Jenny Donald
from Dublin Ireland, married to Lloyd Donald who worked with Caltex Oil
Company
in Malaysia before he died in a ghastly motor accident on his way to a Board
meeting.

My Husband and me were married but without any children. Since his death I
decided not to re-marry and presently I am 76 Years old.

When my late husband was Alive he deposited the sum of $9.5 million dollars
in
a Bank .

Presently this money is still with the Bank and the management just Wrote
me as
the beneficiary to come forward to receive the money or rather Issue a
letter
of authority to somebody to receive it on my behalf. I am presently in a
hospital where I have been undergoing treatment Cancer of the lungs. I have
since lost my
ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a few months to
live so I think the best thing to do is to use the money for charity
purposes.
I want a person who is trustworthy that I will make the beneficiary of my
late
Husband's Fund deposited with the bank so that the person can get the money
and
utilize 70% of this money to fund churches, orphanages and widows around the
world.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact details of the
Bank. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated here in and
Keep this
contact confidential till such a time this funds get to your Custody. This
is
to ensure that nothing jeopardizes my last wish on Earth.

I await your urgent reply.

Regards,

Mrs. Jenny Donald
My Email address is: (mrsjennydonald@hotmail.fr)

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