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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: "Veronika Smith" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <vero_smith311@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 19:31:29 +0100
Subject: Hello my dear

 
 
Dear beloved,
 
My name is Mrs. Veronica  Smith, I'm suffering from breast cancer and also hospitalized for modern cancer treatment. My health stage remains  confidential  although I will give you  full details in my next mail. Meanwhile I have a proposal to you as my health is deteriorating and my doctor had told me that I should disclose all my inheritance to whom I trusted most. For this reason I decided to contact you for a humanitarian work.  As, my husband was a very hard working man and was blessed with riches before he died. My late husband deposited huge amount of money in one of the leading bank here that we want to invest in humanitarian works. But considering my health condition now, I can no longer fulfill this project by myself. I want you to complete this project on my behalf.
 
I am very happy to hear from you today with your concern anyway God almighty knows why you are the chosen one and I want to thank you for replying so fast. but Before we go further, I deemed it wise to let you know my situation of health is too Deplorable so we need to move this transaction very fast as soon as possible because of my health and I will like you to work with my lawyer he is like a Son to me he is going to visit you as soon as  bank transfer this fund into your account so that you continue the lords work.
 
Like I said earlier, my protracted illness is getting worse which I am now living at the mercy of God and the doctors said that I will die Soon if time did not take fast but I believe in God nothing will happen to me , The main reason I want this money to be transferred out is mainly to take care of the less privilege once in the world after the bank transferred this inheritance fund into your account which I will let you know in due course. As soon i hear from you, I'm presetting you to the Bank here as our foreign legal guardian who will help us transfer this inheritance fund my Late Husband  deposited with them .The said sum of six million us dollars was deposited with my  name as the next of kin by my late husband.
 
I and my late husband started this humanitarian works already when he was alive. I could have Attached here  some of the pictures we took during our visit to some poor and less privilege you will see how healthy i am then and see my condition in the hospital now that is why i will need your email id or you write me in
 
We worked and lived here in Africa for 9 years before he died in heart attack 2010, may his gentle soul rest in perfect peace Amen. We also traveled to some other West Africa countries like Mali, Benin, Burkina Faso, but we now live in London before the sudden death of my late husband  and. We made a fixed deposit of our fortune with a Bank here which I want to donate for this charity work, but right now I am in a hospital bed which is only God can decide my life for now.
 
After the fund must have been transferred into your account, I want you to use at least 50% to build a foundation on my name for orphanage home. 20% should be donate to any church of your choice for the work of God for supporting work of God, while 30% is for your personal use, it will be a compensation for you for doing this great job.
 
So now i want you to tell me if you can be able to come down here in UK and meet with me face to face in the hospital bed.
 
My Dear, I will be waiting For Your Urgent Response so that I will give you the contact information of our family lawyer for him to help you if you know you cant  make it  coming down here but if you can make it more better,
I need to see  your photo too,
 
 
See the Book of job 14 v 7.
 
 
Yours Sincerely Christian Sister
 
Sister Veronika  Smith

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