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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 Anna David <restiva@libertyinsurance.com.ph>
Reply-To: mreannadavid2@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 00:18:47 +0800
Subject: Hello my dear .





Hello my dear .

Dearest...Please read this email and get back to me urgently

With warm hearts I offer my friendship, and my greetings to you in the
name of our lord God, and I hope this letter meets you in good time, I
propose with my free mind and as a person of integrity from God, I
know that this message will appear as a surprise to you that we barely
know each other, but the grace of God directed me to you and I wish
you read this message and be blessed in name of the Lord. You should
please consider the request on its content and not the fact that you
have not known me before.

I am Mrs Anna David . I do have some funds for my charity project
deposited in a bank which is (?7.5m) with a bank for safe keeping. my
husband who use to work as an international oil contractor died six
years ago, its very unfortunate that I have been recently diagnosed of
Cancer of the Pelvis.which has already affected my health condition
thereby stopping me from day to day activities towards my charity
project, I am writing from my sick bed in a Specialist Hospital were
I am undertaking treatment.

With my health condition deteriorating and because I have no child of
my own, I am contacting you personally to pass the right of next of
kin under the agreement that you will use part of my fund to help the
less privileged in other to fulfill my last wish on earth, you will
apply to the bank as my beneficiary for them to release and transfer
of the funds to you as my beneficiary through our family lawyer.

This is on the condition that you will take 10% while the remaining
part will be for charity project. this will be in fulfillment of the
last request of I and my husband, If this condition is acceptable to
you, you should contact me immediately with your full names and
contact information, so that I will write a letter to the my bank
declaring you my next of kin and also instruct my lawyer to work with
you, because I cannot predict what will be my fate by the time you
will receive the fund but you should please ensure that the fund is
used as I have described above.

I look forward to your response. You can reach me via my private email
( mreannadavid2@yahoo.com ).
I wait to hear from you, but most importantly, please pray for me.

Best Regards
Mrs Anna David .

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