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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: "Mrs.Julian " <klos@wwdb.org>
Reply-To: julisaun@outlook.fr
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 11:03:34 +0100
Subject: Remain blessed.




--
Hello,

Pardon for contacting you through this medium; it's me that you your
attention.
I am Mrs. Julian Saunders from LONDON, I am 60 years old, I am deaf and
suffering from a long time cancer of the breast, which the Doctor also
said is
affecting my brain.
From all indication my condition is really deteriorating, and my doctors
have
courageously advised me that I may not live beyond the next two months;
this
is because the cancer stage has reached a critical stage.

I was brought up in a motherless baby's home, and was married to my late
husband for twenty years without a child. My husband and I are true
Christians, but quite unfortunately, he died in a fatal motor accident.

Since his death I decided not to re-marry, I sold all my inherited
belongings
and deposited the sum of $ 4.5 million dollars with a Security/Finance
Company
as family valuables.
Presently, this deposit is still in their custody, and the management
just
wrote me as the legitimate depositor to inform me about my deposit or
rather
issue a letter of authorization to someone to receive it on my behalf
since I
cannot come over as a result of my illness, or they get it confiscated.

Presently, I'm with my laptop in the hospital where I have been
undergoing
treatment. I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told
me
that I have only a few months to live.

It is my last wish to see that this money is invested in any
organization of
your choice and the proceeds distributed each year among the charity
organization, the poor and the motherless baby's orphanage homes and
widows
around. I must let you know that this was a very hard decision, but I
had to
take a bold step towards this issue because I have no one else to trust.

Please treat as a matter of urgency and with utmost confidentiality.
Hope to hear from you soonest.

Yours in the Lord
Julian Saunders

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