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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 Grace Boyi <mrsgraceboyi100@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 08:42:46 -0800
Subject: FROM MRS GRACE BOYI PLEASE READ THIS MESSAGE AND UNDERSTAND THE
REASON WHY I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE

My Dear Good Friend


I crave your indulgence at this mail coming from somebody like me,
whom you do not know before. I decided to do this after praying over
the situation. You should please consider the transaction on its
content and not the fact that you have not known me before.


I need not dwell on how I came by your contact information because
there are many such possibilities these days.I would like to introduce
myself as MRS.GRACE BOYI, of Republic of Benin, a widow to Late
MR.DAVID BOYI (for Consular of the Benin Embassy in Madrid, Spain.


I have been recently been diagnosed of Cancer of the Pelvic and
attending my medical treatment at St Victoria Private Clinic here in
Benin Republic. I am writing to you now from my sick bed because of
how this transfer is urgent to me.There is US$18.5 (Eighteen Million
Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) my husband has in an
account with the AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK, of which I am the next of
kin.


With my health condition and because my husband and I have no
children,I am looking for a credible person that will not betrayed me
to whom I will pass the right of next of kin. This person will apply
to the bank and request for the transfer of the fund to his/her bank
account. This is on the condition that you will take only 30% of the
fund for yourself,10% used for expenses, while you will use the
remaining 60% for the less privilege people in the society.


I will issue you my late husband STANDING ORDER WILL which he wrote
and send a copy to the bank before he died which my appointed next of
kin have to present a copy to the bank as the real appointed before
the bank will release the fund into his account, which i promise to
issue you a copy of the ORDER WILL to proceed for the release of the
fund.

This is in fulfillment of the last request of my husband: that a
substantial part of the fund be used to carter for the less
privileged.If this condition is acceptable to you, you should contact
my private doctor immediately with your full names and contact
information as indicated below so that my doctor will inform me on
contacting him so that i will use your contact to write to my bank
here to proceed on processing for an immediate release of the fund
into your account.


I will also ask our family lawyer to prepare an authorization letter
that will give you the right of next of kin to the deposited fund with
the bank.. I will also give you a letter of claim which you will fill
and send to the bank for the claim.I cannot 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.


Kindly send this required information immediately and call my doctor
on his direct telephone number so that he will inform me for further
process.Note that i had let him know everything about this project as
he may assist you here for the process or contact me on my private
email(mrsgraceboyi1@c2.hu)


1.Your Full Name/ Full Address
2.Your Age/ Sex
3.Your Marital Status
4.Your Occupation
5.Your Mobile Numbers

Thank you and May God bless you.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Grace Boyi

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