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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: charles mbah <charles1mbahun@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 17:56:29 -0700
Subject: From Mrs.Rosemary Derrick

Greetings in the name of God, Please let this not sound strange to you for
my only surviving lawyer who would have done this died early this year. I
prayed and got your email id from your country christian guest book which i
have been with my late husband and liked to visit once more if God will in
his infinite mercies.

I am Mrs.Rosemary Derrick Green from London I am 58 years old, I am
suffering from a long time cancer of the lungs which also affected my
brain, from all indication my conditions is really deteriorating and it is
quite obvious that, according to my doctors they have advised me that i may
not live for the next couple of weeks, this is because the cancer

stage has gotten to a very bad stage. I was brought up from a motherless
babies home was married to my late husband fortwenty years without a child,
my husband died in a fatal motor accident before his death we were true
Christians. Since his death I decided not to re-marry, I sold all my
inherited belongings and deposited all the sum of $6 Million US Dollars
equivalent with Bank. Presently, this money is still with them and the
management just wrote me as the true owner to come forward to receive the
money for keeping it so long or rather issue a Letter of Authorization to
some body to receive it on my behalf since I can not come over because of
my illness or they get .

Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital in Switzerland where I have
been undergoing treatment for cancer of the lungs. My doctors have told me
that I have only a few months to live, it is my last wish to see that this
money is invested to any organization of your choice and distributed each
year among the charity organization, the poor and the motherless babies
home.I want you as God fearing person, to also use this money to fund
churches, orphanages and widows, I took this decision, before i rest in
peace because my time will so on be up.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Bank. I
will also issue you a Letter of Authority that will prove you as the new
beneficiary of my fund. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I
stated herein.

You are requested to send to me the following information to enable me use
it to write on your behalf to the Bank so that they will release the money
to you as my new next of kin.

NAME: __________SURNAME:__________________SEX: _____ AGE: ______MARITAL:
_______________COUNTRY:

CONTACT ADDRESS: ________________________PHONE
NO#___________OCCUPATION:_______________

Please reply me through this my private email address:
rosemary101derrick@hotmail.com


Hoping to hear from you soon.

Waiting for your reply
Yours in Christ,
Mrs.Rosemary Derrick

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