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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 Bennie C. Morgan" <sp_sudhir1004@actionfin.com>
Reply-To: mrsbenniecarolinemorgan002@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 18:23:51 +0530 (IST)
Subject: MY GOOD FRIEND.



My Dear,

Greetings to you.

Please forgive me if my
plea sounds unbelievable to you. My family attorney who would have
executed my WILL & TESTAMENT on my behalf died early this year after
a brief illness. I therefore prayed fervently and by the special grace
of GOD,i was led to you.I am Mrs.Bennie Caroline Morgan,from Brisbane
Australia,I am 62 years old. I am suffering from cancer of the lungs and
it has affected part of my brain cells due to complications.My
condition keeps deteriorating and according to my doctors i may not be
alive in the next couple of months,unless there is a divine
intervention.

I was orphaned as a child and got married to late
Engineer.Steve Morgan for twenty years without been blessed with a
child.My late husband had chronic cardiovascular condition and died of
cardiac arrest few years ago.Steve and I lived in Nigeria for over 18
years,where my husband a petrochemical engineer by profession worked and
rose through the ranks to become an executive director with a
multinational construction and oil servicing conglomerate, before his
death.He also established huge private investments that i supervised
before his death.

Consequent upon the unbearable and shocking
demise of my priceless husband, i opted as a rule, not to re-marry and
upon realizing that my cancer ailment have become terminal & more so
because i do not have a direct next of kin to bequeath all that STEVE
& I labored for,i sold off all our choice assets,landed properties
and other valuable family treasures and deposited the proceeds amounting
to USD$10,000,000.00 (TEN MILLION DOLLARS ONLY) with First Inland Bank
of Nigeria plc. The management of the bank just wrote me as the sole
beneficiary of the fund because of the unserviceable status of the fund
over the years and suggested to me in a 2 paragraph statement to issue a
letter of authorization to someone who can manage the fund on my behalf
because of my terminal illness and also threatened that the fund could
be confiscated upon my failure to adhere to their rules and regulations
as clearly spelt out in their message.

I am on admission at the
intensive care unit of a London hospital,located at Fulham road in west
London United Kingdom. It is the leading cancer treatment hospital in
the world.Am undergoing treatment there for late-stage terminal cancer
of the lungs. I am computer literate, I rarely talk but has my personal
laptop with me and was permitted by my physicians to use it,hence I am
writing from my sick bed.It is my last WISH that 85% of this fund is
invested substantially in any charitable organization of your choice and
administered as you may deem fit,especially to the orphanage homes.You
are at liberty to also donate part of the funds to churches and mosques
and to those struck by natural disaster.I have earmarked 5% of the total
fund to run cost of administration of WILL & TESTAMENT and also on
logistics and other sundry arrangements that you may require.

I
crave your indulgence as a God fearing individual and an uncommon
humanitarian that cares so much about the plight of the less-privileged
as much as i do to take it upon yourself and use this fund for the above
mentioned purposes. This is a painstaking decision i took in other to
help humanity in my little capacity as a people driven entrepreneur and a
very God fearing woman.

Note that as soon as I receive your
reply and personal information as listed below, I shall avail you with
the official contact info of the First Inland Bank plc officials,to
enable you contact the Bank without delays.I will also issue you with an
official letter of authorization,so that my bankers will recognize your
status as the new beneficiary of my ESTATE, FUND, WILL & TESTAMENT.
Interestingly 10% of the total sum is set aside as your compensation
for accepting to play this significant role for me and i hope you will
appreciate my kind gesture.

The fund has an open beneficiary
mandate and as such, it is whom i authorize or appoint to act on my
behalf that the bank will ultimately recognize and release the funds to
and by this email,the onus has fallen on you to assume this selfless and
noble responsibility before i die and that is the truth.Please assure
me that you will not treat this offer with levity but will consciously
yield my bequest continued existence.

Please send the information in this order:

(1) Your full names :===================================

(2) personal or official contact address:===============================

(3) Home or Office phone#:============Cellphone#:==========Fax#:=======

(4) Your Age:===============

(5)Occupation:===========================

(6)Sex/Marital status:========================

I Await your kind response while hoping you will appreciate my helpless predicament.

Sincerely Yours,

Mrs. Bennie Caroline Morgan
(London Uk)
Private Email: mrsbenniecarolinemorgan1951@gmail.com

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