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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: "MARK DAVIES" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrshelmaanna@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2015 14:13:47 +0100
Subject: BELOVERD

Hello dear,
Greetings to you in the most wonderful name of our God Almighty. His richest blessings shall be upon you forever. I am Mrs.Anna Helma, I am from Iran but presently a citizen of Britain, 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 live for the next few months, this is because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad condition.
I was brought up in a motherless babies home, got married to my late husband twenty years ago without a child. My husband died after Iraq and Iran Gulf war in the 90s.
Since his death I decided not to re-marry, I inherited the family properties and have sold the major ones since i am no longer healthy to take care of them. I deposited  the sum of $13.5 million dollars in a Bank as a short term Deposit. Presently, this money is still with them and the management of the Bank just informed me to come and renew the deposit or to cash it because the agreed time is running out. Presently, because of my wish to have a charity organization in your country i decided to contact you to help make my dream come true by accepting to claim the fund from my bank and use it to run any charity organization of your choice in my name. I believe you are a God fearing person. I took the decision of contacting you after so much prayers and I believe that my God will be with you as you take up this glorious challenge!
As soon as I receive your reply I shall involve the bank and their attorney who will issue you Power of Attorney which will stand as a legal authority to claim the fund from my bank as the new beneficiary of my fund.
Presently, I'm communication with you with the help of the hospital computer where I have been undergoing treatment for cancer of the lungs. I have since lost my ability to talk fluently and my doctors have told me that I have only a few months to live. Its my last wish to see that the money is used to build a charity organization like motherless babies home where I come from or orphanage and widows.
Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I have clearly stated so that we can proceed for further arrangement and directives.
Please for the sake of confidentiality, I want you to reply this letter to my personal email address where I have more confidence:
mrshelmaanna@gmail.com
Yours truly,
Mrs.Anna Helma



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