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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: MrsStella@yeah.net
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 00:35:44 +0400
Subject: Mrs. Stella Johnson (From London, UK)

Mrs. Stella Johnson (From London, UK)

I am Mrs. Stella Johnson, a British National and widow of
the late Arthur Johnson, who was an Engineer for PDMS, a
UK based Oil Company. He died after a Cardiac Arteries
Operation.

I am currently undergoing treatment for ovarian cancer in
a hospital here in UK,but recently, my doctors told me
that my condition has worsened and obviously cannot
survive unless by special grace of God.

We were married for thirty three years without children.
Before the death of my husband, he had deposited the sum
of Three million five hundred thousand dollars (USD
3,500,000) in a bank here with the hope of establishing a
trust funds. Today, money is still with the Bank
unclaimed.

For this I decided to donate the funds for humanitarian
purposes through a God fearing person or the organization
that will use it to support orphanage homes, homes for the
elderly, widows and propagating the word of
God.

I took this decision because we have no children who will
inherit the money and my husband had decided on
establishing this project before his untimely death.

Therefore, please accept this proposal and help me achieve
my heart desire to receive the funds and carry out
humanitarian projects as appointed administrator. If you
accept this offer, you will be entitled to 10% of the
total money as operating expenses or compensation, while
the rest will bemused for humanitarian projects.

If you will be of help to me, please reply immediately.
Surely appreciate and thank you for your kindness in
giving me this help.

Yours sincerely
Mrs. Stella Johnson
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