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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: Mrs.Ghaith Arakkal <nn132@universpowers.com>
Reply-To: <adesilgon77@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2016 23:58:50 -0800
Subject: Re: Vision To Assist The Less Privileged.

Clinique Medicale D'Angre
Angre terminus de bus 81-82
non loin de la COOPEC
Abidjan
06BP6167
Cote d'Ivoire

Dear Beloved


>From a woman with colon and rectal cancer . I am Impacting positively on the welfare of the less privileged, the orphans and perhaps, the elderly requires a great deal of sincerity, love and care and most importantly patient on the part of the particular initiative, fear of God as well as to a very large extent, Moreover, this mission of self foundation is to change the lives of the less privileged children and youths, give them a better future and most especially, to ensure that children in need are not denied opportunity to harness their potentials to the fullest.


The alarming rate of poverty in our society today, in addition to the undesirable circumstances that surrounds many individuals, particularly the orphans and those that are suffering from one form of perpetual health deformity as I do or the other, calls for My passionate concern. It's a result-oriented platform through which I desired a sustainable turning around lives.

It is a realistic instrument I designed with the aim of rendering certain free services in the area of education, financialassistance and medical services for different categories of such as to give them a sense of belonging.


In your View by the relevant government’s authorities, corporate organizations and well meaning individuals Round The Whole World. In advanced societies like UK, India, America and the rest of them, issues bordering on socio-economic wellbeing of the less privileged are always treated with utmost priority. Although, there may be several NGOs in world but the factremains that not many of them keep to their conventional social responsibility of assisting the people with some challenges without attaching how much profit he or she stands to derive from it at the end of the day and this scenario strongly negates the aims and objectives of NGOs in totality. Non-Governmental Organizations are supposed to, as much as possible, put profit making agenda aside as they are established to bring the much needed succor to the people.


Knowing my Condition with a perpetual health deformity of colon and rectal cancer, that large intestine to runs from the cecum to the rectum as a long hollow tube that serves to remove water from digested food and let the remaining material, solid waste called stool, move through it to the rectum and leave the body through the anus. The doctor Said I will not live till the next one month.

Having fear in this news I consider that Many people who are in one perpetual health deformity or the other and the less privileged are in need of Financier assistance,I am contacting you to reach them with my inheritance fund from my late husband since I do not have any Child that will inherit it. I have a deposited amount of $3.5 Million United State Dollars in one of the Prime Bank.

I need you to see this as a very serious issue in getting back to me so that I direct you on how to get this fund since my condition is nothing to write about, I am in a sick bed at the Hospital. Looking forward to read urgently to your response.


Regards
Mrs.Ghaith Arakkal.

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