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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: barrfred-harrison@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 10:45:18 +0530
Subject: .From Rebecca


Dearest,

With Due Respect and Humanity, I was compelled to write to you under

a humanitarian ground.

This is a personal email directed to you. My name is Mrs. Rebecca

Lonan. I am from Syria, I' married to Mr. Greg Lonan, He was a cocoa

Exporter before he die Five years ago. We were married for 38 years

without a child. He died after a Cardiac Arteries Operation. And

Recently, My Doctor told me that I would not last for the next Five

months due to my cancer problem (cancer of the lever and stroke) and

I have voluntarily decided to donate out of $9 Million USD, of the

sum of $1.5 Million USD to you as part of our own charity project to

improve the lot of 6 unknown lucky individuals all over the world

plus 15 close friends and family. If you have received this email

then you are one of the 6 unknown lucky individuals and all you have

to do is get back to my personal lawyer Barr. Fred Harrison so that

he can direct you and also send your details/information to the

payout bank.

I want somebody that will use this fund according to the desire of my

late husband to help Lessprivilaged people, orphanages, widows and

propagating the word of God. I took this decision because I don't

have any child that will inherit this fund, and I don't want in away

where this money will be used in an ungodly way. This is why I am

taking this decision to hand you over this Fund. I am not afraid of

death hence I know where I am going. I want you to always remember me

in your daily prayers because of my upcoming Cancer Surgery.

Please contact my legal adviser Barr. Fred Harrison based in United

Kingdom because I have given him instructions to deliver this money

to you as soon as possible.

You can contact my legal adviser Barr. Fred Harrison on his email

which is [barrfred-harrison@hotmail.com] just tell him that you

are contacting him under instruction from Code: BMUTU992 he will

honor my WILL and pay you within Fourth eight hours. Please send him'

Your Full Name, Your I.D, Phone Number, Home Address and Your Country

for verification for payment processing. My spirit will be uplifted

once you get this money.

God bless you as you listing to the voice of reasoning,

Best of luck,
BMUTU992
E-Mail: barrfred-harrison@hotmail.com

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