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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: Grace William <gracewilliam134@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 09:14:22 -0800
Subject: Beloved

Beloved

Greetings in the name of God, Pls let this message not sound strange
to you for my only surviving lawyer who would have done this died last
year, I prayed and got your E-mail I'd from your country's guest book
which I have been going through since the death of my husband in
search of God fearing person to whom I will entrust my inheritance
fund to his or her hand that will not betray my intention for the
charities.

I am MRS. Grace William a London Citizen, suffering from a long time
cancer of the lungs, from all indication my conditions is really
deteriorating and it is quite obvious according to my doctors that I
may not live so long, this is because my condition of health has
gotten to a very bad stage. I was brought up from a motherless baby's
home as an orphan, married to my late husband Eng William Johnson for
ten years without having any child. My husband died in Belle view plan
crash on Sunday October 23, 2009. Since his death, I decided not to
re-marry and sold all my inherited belongings and deposited the sum of
(US$10.M) TEN MILLION DOLLARS with ZENITH BANK PLC NiG.

Presently this money is still with the bank and the Director of the
Bank just wrote me recently to come forward to receive my fund for
keeping it so long will amount of losing the fund Or issue My
authorization letter to somebody of my choice to receive the fund on
my behalf since I can not come over to them because of my illness or
consider the fund confiscated.

It is on this note I decided to contact you with faith of my best wish
to see that this fund is invested to any charitable organization of
your choice, as well as distribute among the widows and destitute
children across your country. Beloved, I want you as God-fearing
person to assure me that you will utilize this fund accordingly as I
stated herein without deviating from my heart desire?

I took the decision of WILL out this fund for the welfare of
motherless and destitute children due to what I gone through during my
days of up bringing as an orphan. Nevertheless, I'm with my laptop on
my hospital bed now in India were I have been undergoing treatment for
my cancer of the lungs waiting to receive your humble acceptance of
this offer by forward me with your information that will enable me use
them to write and send my authorization letter that will proof you as
the next beneficiary of my fund with ZENITH BANK PLC NIG were I
deposited the fund on your behalf.

For your interest and readiness to carry out this divine project on my
behalf, get back to me immediately with your information as follows:

1. YOUR FULL NAME:

2. YOUR RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:

3. YOUR NATIONALITY:

4. YOUR AGE / SEX:

5. YOUR YOUR OCCUPATION:

6. YOUR MOBILE / CELL PHONE NUMBER:

Thanks for understanding, while hoping to receive your immediate reply.

Yours beloved Sister in the Lord,

MRS. Grace William

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