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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: "DR. JENNIFER" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bar.frankmoses@lawyer.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2014 21:55:07 +0530
Subject: DR. JENNIFER

I am Dr. Jennifer Waldemar Stani, i am living at Adlib House, Fleming Road, Liverpool, Merseyside, L24 9LS, UK. and i worked with Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool for 52years as a senior medical practitioner. My husband was late since 1983.

I came to you with a cheerful heart, i will appreciate your sincerity, honest, fear of God and open heart to help me extend my charity offer to the poor, needy, orphanage, less privileged in your area and to promote the TEMPLE OF GOD.

I joined my faith with the faith of my late husband to transfer this our hard earned fund to you for charity work in your vicinity. It is 100% risk free and LEGITIMATE. Please try and understand my situation and carry on this project with me immediately.

I will permit the transfer of US$4.7 MILLION to you, for i so much believe that you know the best areas to invest this fund in the life of the needy, Orphanage, less privileged and poor people in your area. Please always think about the poor once around you. Always allow God whom you worship to use you to bless the poor once in your area.

I am feeling weak day after day. I want us to start processing this transfer now, only with you before my last surgery operation which I believed not to survive. I want you to have these $4.7 M US Dollars as soon as possible within few banking working days.

My lawyer will need your complete information to raise the relevant documents in your name as my next of kin for the poor in your area. Also he will like to call you to discuss in details of the transfer. You have to contact my lawyer "Barr. Frank Moses" now through his email ID{bar.frankmoses@lawyer.com} and forward your details to him for the processing of the inheritance/charity funds.

Kindly start from now to seal this only to yourself to avoid mistake in transferring the whole fund to another destination, so you have to be careful with this, if anything you want to ask, just ask directly to Barr. Frank Moses because he will surely help and guide you to the last step of this transfer.

You can contact him with your details.

Thanks.

Hoping You To Contact My Lawyer Soonest.
You can as well reach me on:[ dr.jennifer@dr.com]
Dr. Jennifer Waldemar Stani

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