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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: linda hadi <linda_hadi1@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: linda hadi <lindahadi2@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 00:37:04 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dearest in the Lord



Dearest in the Lord

Greetings In the name of God Almighty,

I am Mrs. Linda Hadi, an aging widow suffering from long time illness. I am currently admitted in a private hospital. My Doctor has confirmed that i will not survive. I have some funds I inherited from my late loving husband. Mr.Livingston Hadi, the sum of ($3.200.000.00) Three Million Two hundred thousand dollars, which he deposited in a Finance House. Since we have no child that will inherit this fund, I need a very honest and God fearing one that can use this funds for God's work, to care for the needy, setting up charity homes and to look after orphans. I found your email address from the internet and decided to contact you.

Please if you would be able to use these funds for the Lord's work as mentioned above, kindly reply me as soon as possible for more detail.

Your Sister In The Lord.
Mrs. Linda Hida.

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