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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: <info@nhif.gov.sd>
Reply-To: mrs.rosemanyanthony@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 14:59:52 -0800
Subject: My Dearest in Christ, Charity Funds Donation.

My Dearest in Christ,

With warm heart I offer my friendship and greetings to you in the name of

our lord Jesus Christ. Please spare little of your time and carefully read

my message. If for any reason you find this message offensive, please

ignore it and do accept my apology for any inconvenience it cost you to

read.

My name is Mrs. Rosemary Anthony the wife of late Engr. Edward Anthony the

Former Executive Director of AFC Petrochemical Company West Africa. I work

with AFC Petrochemical Company as the export Managing Director. I'm 73yrs

old woman suffering from prolonged cancer of the breast here in St Thomas

Hospital UK, and from all medical indications, my condition has really

deteriorated and it’s pretty obvious that i may not live for more than six

months owning to the rapid growth by stage and the excruciating pain that

accrues to it.

After going through your profile i decided to contact you as i was led by

God to donate my wealth in contribution to the development of Church and

society with major focus on the poor and victims of HIV/AIDS. Based on

this, I deposited the sum of $2,500,000.00 Million USD in a Bank for

charity project, because i married my late Husband for over 9 years but

unfortunately we have no child together. And for that reason i have no

child to leave my legacy for.

I have prayed over this for the Lord to direct me to honest person whom I

can entrust this charity project, and I believe my contact's to you is

divine, and is God intervention that you are chosen for this work. Having

relatives; I have consider my relatives before contacting you from this

sick bed, because my relatives will use the money for their own personal

projects, and they will not use the money to build a charitable foundation

in my memory as i wish.

You will keep 20% of the total $2,500,000.00 Million USD for yourself, and

80% will be used to build a charitable foundation and federation in the

fight against cancer in my memory. I wait for your prompt response to

enable me direct you to my personal attorney whom will assist you in

receiving the said $2,500,000.00 Million USD.

Thanks,
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Rosemary Anthony

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