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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: "Mr Nta Ekpo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr.ntaekpo78@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 02:54:30 +0100
Subject: ICPC NIGERIA (Anti-Fraud Unit).

My Dear  Friend,
 
Greetings in the name of God,Please let this not sound strange to
 
you for my only surviving lawyer who would have done this died early
 
this year.i prayed and got your email id from your country guest
 
book. I am MRS. LINDA ADAMS from London,I am 58 years old,i am
 
suffering from a long time cancer of the lungs which also affected
 
my brain,from all indication my conditions is really deteriorating
 
and it is quite obvious that, according to my doctors they have
 
advised me that i may not live for the next three months,this is
 
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 in a
 
fatal motor accident Before his death we were true believers.Since
 
his death I decided not to re-marry,I sold all my inherited
 
belongings and deposited all the sum of US$10Million Dollars with a
 
Standard Finance Security Company. Presently, this money is still
 
with them and the management just wrote me as the true owner to come
 
forward to receive the money for keeping it so long or rather issue
 
a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf
 
since I can not come over because of my illness or they get it
 
confiscated.
 
 
Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital here in Nigeria where I
 
have been undergoing treatment for cancer of the lungs. 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 to any organization of your
 
choice and distributed each year among the charity organization,the
 
poor and the motherless babies home.
 
 
I want you as God fearing person, to also use this money to fund
 
church,mosque, orphanages and widows,I took this decision, before i
 
rest in peace because my time will so on be up. As soon as I receive
 
your reply I shall give you the contact of the Standard Finance
 
Security Company.I will also issue you a letter of authority that
 
will prove you as the new beneficiary of my fund. Please assure me
 
that you will act accordingly as I stated herein.Hoping to hear from
 
you soon.
 
 
NAME:__________ SURNAME:__________________ SEX:_____ AGE:______
 
MARITAL:_______________ COUNTRY:_______
 
CITY:_________ STATE:_______ ZIP CODE:_______ CONTACT
 
ADDRESS:___________
 
PHONE NO#:________ FAX NO#:_____ OCCUPATION:______________
 
POSITION:_____________
 
Waiting for your reply.
 
Reply:me through this my private email address:
mrs.lindaadams@outlook.com
 
Mrs. Linda Adams

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