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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: Mrs Lian Tan <paulo@flex-am.com.br>
Reply-To: Mrs Lian Tan <liantan484@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 14:52:19 -0400 (AMT)
Subject: Dearest One in the Lord, I seriously need Your Prayers.

Dearest One in the Lord, I seriously need Your Prayers.

I am Mrs Mrs Lian Tan from united state of America. I was married to Engr. Robert Tan who work as a Director Overview of Complant Sugar Company in Philippine (SUCOPE),for twelve years before he died On the 27th of May 2008. My late husband died as a result of Brain cancer, as was confirmed by our medical specialist then.

I have a good reason sending you this message after going through searching contact on google, past two weeks my Doctor checked me and considered my general fitness whether I have any other medical conditions, and decided that I will be going for surgery for cancer of the lungs, to my greatest surprise three days ago, the same Doctor rechecked me again and told me that my general fitness is not suitable for this surgery which can lead to my life-threatening complications and can be fatal, I have limited time to live but he has no other option than to do the surgery, all I should do is to go to Lord in prayers and ask God to save me for this surgery as that is the only option left for me.

Now I am suffering with the same cancer which killed my husband, I am crying everyday and night as I am afraid to die leaving the fund US$29.5Million my late husband deposited with a bank somewhere for safe keeping, of which I am the next Of kin, and that is the important reason I sent this message to you after praying over my situation, God revealed me to Search for any of his good Servant or Workers, on google to pray for me always till the surgery is successful.

My dear, I know this letter might come to you as a surprise considering the fact that we have not seen each other in real life before. I decided to do this after praying over my situation like I said above. You should please consider the proposal on its content and not the fact that you have not known me before. I am presently with my laptop writing from my sick bed in a Hospital here in Philippine where i have been undergoing treatment for cancer of the lungs over a Month now.

With my health condition and because my husband and I have no children, I decided to donate this fund (US$29.5Million) my husband deposited with a bank somewhere to you and want you to use the fund upkeep Orphans, motherless Babies and widows and set up a memorial foundation with me and my late husband name. This is on the condition that you will take 25% of the fund for yourself, 5% used for expenses, while you will use the remaining 70% for the charity work in the society as I instructed above.

I will release all legal documents that will prove you as the beneficiary to my funds" I would love to have a chat with you on facebook but unfortunately am not always online here on Facebook due to my health condition. I suggested we keep in touch through the email to enable us know more about each other and move to the next step, if my proposal touches your heart to help me and help the needy.

The reason I suggested we should communicate through the email is because the doctor has warned me to stop Facebook Chating as it is not convenience for me here in the hospital due to my health condition, I always checking my email than Facebook,., I check my mail almost every-time. I want you to understand why you should write direct to my email, we can fix a date for chatting due to my health condition and our different time zone. Thanks for your understanding.]

looking forward to hear from you.

Here is my private e-mail address:( liantan484@gmail.com )

Yours Sincerely
Mrs Lian Tan

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