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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: "Mrs. Anne Maris Joubert" <mrsmariahubert@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 02:56:04 -0800
Subject: I am Mrs. Anne Maris Joubert (Paris) France; I'm 53 years old &
suffering from a long time cancer.

Compliments of the day to you!

I am happy to know you but God knows you better and he knows why he has
directed me to you at this point in time, so do not be afraid. I am writing
this mail to you with heavy tears In my eyes and great sorrow in my heart,
I want to tell you this because i don't have any other option than to tell
you as i was touched to open up to you.

However, I am Mrs. Anne Maris Joubert (Paris) France; I'm 53 years old &
suffering from a long time cancer. From all indication my conditions is
really deteriorating and my doctors have courageously advised me that I may
not live beyond the next two months because of how bad the cancer stage has
reached a critical stage, which I believe you might be of help and for this
reason I contacted you.

I was brought up in a motherless baby's home, and was married to my late
husband Maris Joubert for twenty years without a child. He worked with
Shell Oil Company for thirty years before he died in Air France Concorde
flight 4590 crash with other passengers aboard. He was a philanthropist and
since his death, I decided not to remarry because of my bad state of
health. Before this incident, he deposited $5.6Million (Five million Six
Hundred thousand US Dollars) with a bank. This money is still in the bank
and the management of the bank just wrote me as the legitimate beneficiary
to come forward to receive the fund after keeping it for so long or rather
issue a letter of authorization to someone to do so on my behalf since I am
terminally ill. Otherwise, they will refer the fund to the state treasury.

I'm now in a private hospital where I am undergoing treatment and my last
wish is to make sure this fund is available for use in any charity
organization of your choice, when you receive the fund in your account,
thereby you will take 30% of it for yourself and family. While the
remaining 70% to build a foundation in memory of my late husband for the
orphanage. I want you as a God-fearing person, to manage this fund
absolutely. I took this decision to enable me die in peace, because my time
is near.

Please assure me that you will act on humanitarian motives and please
accept my appologies if i disturbed your attention.

Yours Sincerely
Mrs. Anne Maris Joubert
Email: mrsmariahubert@yahoo.com

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