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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: Anna Coleman <coleman.anna26@yahoo.in>
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 15:12:07 +0100
Subject: Hello Dear My ($4,860,000.000) Donation

Hello My Dear.


Greetings to you , I know that this message will appear as a surprise
to you that we barely know but the i trust you will not betray an ill
woman. I have a brain tumor, I suffer terribly at the moment. My
doctor just informed me that my days are numbered because of my ill
health and continuous deterioration . Currently, I have exhausted all
my savings for my medical care and something tells me that the end of
my life is near.

But I do have some funds for my charity project which i and my husband
planned before he died, these funds are deposited in a fixed deposit
in a local bank here in Benin. purposed for charitable foundation. My
marital status is such that I'm single because I lost my Husband for
over 9 years now and unfortunately we have not had a child together,
which I am no one to leave my legacy . Therefore, to release my funds
I would like to make a donation so that there is no stiff tax on my
money.

To this I would so graceful and in order to help the poor to give
what amounts to said legacy worth Four million, Eight Hundred and
Sixty Thousand dollars($4,860,000.000) to enable you to establish a
charitable foundation in my memory so that those who are ill, homeless
and those suffering from abject poverty will be honored and
remembered.

I have no fear because before contacted you, i have for several nights
thought about this and my instinct convince me to contact you as a
trusted person to whom I can entrust with this matter and it is the
result of why I am doing so by contacting you.

Know that you can keep certain amount for yourself and the rest will
be used to create a charitable foundation in my memory and a
federation in the fight against cancer and also build orphanages, will
let you know the amount you will keep for your self when you contact
me. Please kindly contact me back with the following information: Your
name and first name, your exact address and your mobile/house/office
telephone contact, and an identification Card such as drivers license
or international passport data page so I can forward them to my bank
and have you present to the bank as the next person in charge of this
fund, so that if i die anytime, the situation will not be complicated.

I count on your goodwill and especially on the proper use of these funds.

Yours Sincerely
Ms Anna Coleman
Phone no. +22965510347
Email: coleman.anna26@yahoo.in

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