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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. Susan Patrick" <auditorwb13@gmail.com>
Reply-To: susanpatrick@cantv.net
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 10:46:13 +0000
Subject: From Mrs. Susan Patrick

Dearest Friend,

It is nice to hear back from you on here again and thank you for
understanding my message but I want you to carefully understand the
content of this letter following your assistance and team work on this
project and i need to emphasize that if we come into agreement to work
this out then we need to exchange some vital information for more
familiarity and i can assure you that this Charity fund delivery to
you is risk free and my late husband legal/financial consultant will
ensure that you have all the back up documents legally processed on
your name to get the trunk box.

I have decided to continue this with you after been prayerful to find
an honest and God fearing person that will make use of this fund
project for the right purpose because my husband family and all
relatives have quarreled rivalry and killing themselves even
attempting to murder me before my death because of my husbands wealth
but I am lucky to have escaped all their evil plans.

I have no choice than to take this risk knowing that we have never met
before and it is a Big risk on my side entrusting such charity fund
project to a stranger, but the fact is that this is my last resort as
i have less than 4 weeks more to be in this world and i cannot afford
the dream of me and my late husband to fade away and allow his so
called wicked and deadly family or the government to find out about
this deposited charity fund kept with a security company by my late
husband, i have a little problem with my health my family abandoned me
in the hospital because of my health my husband family sold my husband
property and ask me to never come back to my husband house because my
husband is late, and the people who i ask to manage my husband
business,they all flee away with some fund which still ended up by my
husband family.

Please know that communication is very essential in this kind of
transaction, most importantly with me because of the limited period
that i may have to live , the communication with me have to be rapid
so that i could pass you all the necessary information as regards this
fund, the deposit and the documents inquest, this explain the
limitation of time which the doctor gave me.The distance between us
does not matter but it is simply an issue of adhering to instruction
or instructions. Me and my late husband were both involved in charity
organization work before his death,and after his death,the
organization still went on until i was stricken with this strange
illness.

The actual reason i contacted you is that you will stand in my place
to make a good FOUNDATION which shall be named after the name of my
late husband and my name if i end up the ghost after all (Pual and
pierrette FOUNDATION) and also donation of this fund in quest to be
use for fund-to-fund charity,orphanages and less privileged , widows
and to ensure that these set of people are well maintained as many as
you may know all over the world,your role is in two phase,the first
phase is to claim the fund in quest from the finance and security firm
and to make a good donation of this fund.

I have contacted you after been prayerful to find an honest person to
stand in my place to make this claim and use this fund in a rightful
way.This is a deal I am offering you and I want you to know that it
requires only a matured mind to understand all I am saying and I
believe you are matured enough . Note that this transaction has to be
kept within the two of us alone, in fact my dealing with you has to be
confidential not known to any body . Be assured that this transaction
is absolutely trouble free and it is legitimate, it's just like i am
transferring my inheritance to you of certainty that "A WILL" could be
passed to whomsoever . All that is required from you is absolute
privacy as regards this transaction and not known to any fellow than
you.

My country of origin is Australia. But at the moment, I am in Israel
undergoing some medical treatment right now. As we proceed,you would
know how safe this fund where kept. Also as we progress on this
transaction,you would find more out about me in particular. Other
details about this transaction would be unveil in my next message. The
detail i wish to know about you are supplied in your response to my
proposal. As you know, we have never met or done any transaction prior
to this time and its not so easy starting with a transaction of 6.8
Million Dollars (20six Million and Eight Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars ).

I have to be sure that you will not grab the opportunity and seat on
the money when it gets to you in your country. Therefore please
re-confirm these detail information to me so that there would not be a
mistake when i would be issuing an authorization letter,actually i
would require some of these details to write a fund authorization
letter,for your recognition by my late husband Financial & Legal
consultant who shall assist you in all paper/document process to
deliver the fund to you in your country.

1) Full name......
2) Your contact Address......
3) A valid form of identification.......
4) Telephone number.......
5) Age......
6) Occupation(Work/Employer).....
7) Country of Origin.....

When I have your consent and the above information, I will send you a
Legal Letter of Authorization, which you will send to the Finance
Institute/Consultant to start up this transaction. If required you may
need to travel to meet up with the fund managers having fulfilled the
rightful processing.

Regards,
Mrs. Susan Patrick

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