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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: "Julia Heinz" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <julia.heinz1@freemail.hu>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2015 14:58:54 +0300
Subject: Dear Beloved

Dear Beloved,
 
My name is Julia Heinz from Turkey,i am Deaf suffering from a long time cancer of the breast,from all indication my conditions is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious that i can't work or do any stressful thing, according to my doctors they have advised me that i may not live for the next four months because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage. I was brought up from a motherless babies home,was married to my late husband for twenty years without a child,My Husband died during the September 11th 2001 terrorist attack in the United States,Before his death, we were true Christians.
 
 
I decided not to re-marry,I sold all my inherited belongings and deposited all the sum of $65 million dollars with a Bank in United States.Presently,this money is still with the Bank in United States and the Board Of Directors Of the bank just wrote me as the true beneficiary to come forward to receive the money since the funds has stayed for a very long time in there custody .
 
Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment for my sickness and I have since lost my ability to talk.
 
It is my last wish to see that this money is invested/donated to any organisation/business of your choice and distributed each year among the charity organization,E.g the poor homes,the motherless babies home where i came from,the deaf homes,and churches etc .All i seek for is a God fearing person like you ,who will carry out my last wishes .
 
As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of my Lawyer in London,Uk who will direct you on how to receive the funds. All i need from you is a confidential assurance that the funds when received by you will be used for the said purpose.
 
Waiting for your reply on my email below: juliaheinz1@yahoo.es
 
Yours in Christ,
 
Julia Heinz
Email: juliaheinz1@yahoo.es

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