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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: "MRS. ANNE SPAIN" <annespaina@gmail.com>
Reply-To: annespain47@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 10:26:26 +0000
Subject: With all due respect,Please help me do this and God will bless You forever.

Dear beloved Friend, My Names are Mrs. Anne Spain a widow to Mr.Spain
who was a competent business man here in United States of America , we
were married for so many years without any child till his death in
October 2007 after a brief illness.
Due to the promise which i revered to him on the alter at the day of
our church wedding i decided not to remarry or get a child outside my
matrimonial home which is against my will.
My happiness is that my late husband lived a life of a true & worthy
Christian and he has this plan before his death which he pleaded with
me to appropriate it to accomplishment.
He took this decision with me to use this fund in building an
orphanage homes in his name that will accommodate thousand's of
helpless children, and also use part of this fund to help less
fortunate once around the world.
He made the deposit sum of $7.5 Million Dollars with one of the
leading banks in Burkina Faso Africa and recently, my Doctor here in
United states of america told me that i would not last for the next 8
weeks due to cancer & stroke illness.
Having known my condition i decided to seek for a competent and
reliable Individual, organization,company, NGOs to entrust this fund
and to utilize this fund the way i narrated above as my late husband
desired before his death.
I took the decision to let this amount out from the bank because i
don't have any
child that will inherit this money after my death.
Due to the current situation of my health I don't need any telephone
communication in this regard and i don't want anybody to overheard me
on phone talking about millions of dollars.
As soon as i receive your reply i shall give you the authentic
information of the bank in Burkina Faso Africa and i shall provide you
with the contact information of the bank General manager for immediate
release of the fund to you and i will do everything possible to
introduce you to him and to the entire bank management as the
legitimate beneficiary of the fund before i will give up the ghost
according to the doctors report.
I want you to always remember me in your daily prayers for God to
forgive me my sins. Contact me Immediately and Please assure me that
you will act accordingly as i stated herein.
Hoping to receive your reply soonest.
Your's Mrs.Anne Spain

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