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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: =?utf-8?q?Mrs_Edith_Alanna?= <zdenekzabojnik@centrum.cz>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 14:00:59 +0100
Subject: =?utf-8?q?Dearest_Friend?=

My Dearest Friend,

Calvary greetings in the name of Almighty God, I am Mrs Edith Alanna, A widow to Late Dr. Alanna David  (former Counselor of the Nigeria Embassy in Madrid , Spain)  we own Treasure Art Inc and Treasure Crude Oil Marketers, we are very wealthy we have a lot  of properties including Shares and houses. I am 56 years old a new  Christian convert. I am suffering from cancer of the Pelvic my condition is serious, according to my doctor it is quite obvious that I may not survive the sickness.

My late husband and my only son died in plan crash in Birmingham in London on the January 4th 2002. After the death of my husband I made up my  mind to do the work of God as a missionary. I sold all my husband's  properties and shares to enable me raise some money to continue my  mission.he deposited the sum of (US$2.7 MILLION DOLLARS) which he deposited with a Bank here. Now that my sickness has gone to this stage, I am scared and I want the fund to be used for the work of God all over the world.

I have prayed to God to direct me to an honest PERSON who will receive this fund and utilize it for things that will glorify the name of God,  after my prayers, I searched Google site in Internet, I found your  email address and I decided to contact you to receive the fund. This is on the condition that you will take only 35% of the fund for yourself, 5% for  any expenses, while you will use the remaining 60% for the less privileges people in the society.

If you are interested in using this fund for the work of God, please send to me your full name, address, telephone/fax number,occupation and age  to enable me give it to the Bank
for immediate arrangement to release  the fund to you.

I can not predict what will be my fate by the time the fund will be transferred into your account, but you should please ensure that the  fund is used as I have described above.
stated below is what i need from you as soon i receive all your information i will tell My late husband attorney (Barrister Patrice Nduka) to contact you  with an application letter as soon as he finish with the formalities.

1) Address
2) your telephone number / Fax Number.
3) Age and
4) occupation

Please contact my late husband Attorney with this number +2348144931516  to speak with him about this fund.

I await your urgent reply For more details, do write to me on
my private email address ( mrs.edith_alanna@myself.com )

Most sincerely,
Mrs Edith Alanna 
 

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