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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. Sheena Natcha" <sheena_natcha@aol.de>
Reply-To: mrs.sheenanatcha@mail.com
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2015 18:00:05 -0500
Subject: Please read and reply..


- This mail is in HTML. Some elements may be ommited in plain text. -

Dear beloved one,
I write to seek your help as a good child of God, I came across your email contact from my personal search and I after praying earnestly, i took the courage to contact you here from the hospital and I believe that you will be honest to fulfill my final wish before death comes.
I am Mrs Sheena Doreen Natcha from Bangkok, Thailand. I am 67 years old, I am deaf and don't hear and suffering from a long time cancer of the breast. From all indication my condition is really deteriorating, and my doctor have courageously advised me that I may not live beyond the next two months, this is because the cancer stage has reached a critical stage. I was brought up in a motherless baby's home, and was married to my late husband Engr. Jordan M. Natcha for twenty-seven years without a child.
My husband and I are true Christians,we lived all day in Bangkok, USA and South Africa, since he was working here as a contractor, but quite unfortunately, he died in a fatal motor accident. Since his death I decided not to re-marry and because of my bad stage of health. My husband deposited a total amount of $6,300,000 which he wanted to use in buildng up a motherless baby's home for me before his death.

Presently, this money is still in the bank, and all am asking from you is to assist me in processing the fund and receive it as my beneficiary since the doctors here has diagnosed that I have few months to live as my cancer stage has reach it's critical stage since i cannot come over there as a result of my illness. This made me to take this bold step to contact you after earnest prayer and my research. Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment.
It is my last wish to see that this fund is invested in any organization of your choice and distributed each year among the charities organization, the poor and the motherless baby's home where I come from. I want your good humanitarian to also use this money to fund churches, Orphanage homes and widows around your environments. It will be so sad for me to lose my life, my dream and this fund same time, please help me out. I must let you know that this was a very hard decision, but I had to take a bold step towards these issue because I have no further option, I hope you will help see my last wishes come true.
As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Bank. I will also issue a letter of authority to the bank, which will prove you are the new beneficiary of my funds.Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein. Hope to hear from you soonest.
Contact me with my direct email contact at (
mrs.sheenanatcha@mail.com
) if you are interested in helping me fulfill my last wish on earth along with your personal data.
I await your reply on this my beloved.
Yours sincerely sister in Christ,
Mrs Sheena Natcha

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