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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.Joan Rodriquez" (may be fake)
Reply-To: < joanrodriquez97@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2016 20:06:15 +0200
Subject: ABOUT MY WILL.

My Dear Friend,
 
Wishing you and your family God.s love and protection .
 
Please do not view my plea as a contrived plot I am sending this reminder after waiting to hear from you consequent upon  my earlier e mail to you which you did not respond to  sincerely contacting you was by divine revelation .
 
My trusted family attorney who would have executed my WILL & TESTAMENT on my behalf died early this year after a brief illness.I therefore prayed fervently and by the special grace of GOD,I was led to you.I  am Mrs.Joan Rodriquez,from Brisbane Australia,I am 62 years old. I am suffering from cancer of the lungs and it has affected part of my brain cells due to complications.My condition is deteriorating and according to my doctors i may not be alive in the next couple of months,unless it is by God's divine intervention.
 
I was orphaned as a child and got married to late Engineer.Julius Rodriquez for twenty years without having an offspring.My late husband had chronic cardiovascular condition and died of cardiac arrest few years ago.Julius and I lived in Nigeria for over 18 years,where my husband who was a petrochemical engineer by profession worked and rose through the ranks and became an executive director in a multinational oil servicing and exploration conglomerate, before his untimely death.He also established huge private investments that i supervised before his death and which forms the major source of our fortune.
 
Consequent upon the shocking demise of my priceless husband, I opted as a rule, not to re-marry. When medical reports revealed that my cancer ailment have become terminal & more so because I do not have a direct next of kin to bequeath all that JULIUS & I labored for,i sold off all our choice assets,landed properties and other valuable family treasures and deposited the proceeds amounting to USD$10,000,000.00 (TEN MILLION DOLLARS ONLY) with Zenith Bank of Nigeria Plc. The management of the bank has written me as the sole beneficiary of the fund because of the unservicaeble status of the fund over the years and suggested to me in a 2 paragraph statement to issue a letter of authorization to someone who can manage the fund on my behalf because of my terminal illness and also threatened that the fund could be confiscated upon my failure to adhere to their rules and regulations as clearly spelt out in their code of conduct.
 
I am on admission at the intensive care unit of a London hospital,located at Fulham road in west London United Kingdom. It is the leading cancer treatment hospital in the world.I am currently undergoing treatment there for late-stage terminal cancer of the lungs. I am computer literate, I rarely talk on phone due to Doctor’s advise but has my personal laptop with me and has the permission of my physicians to use it,hence I am writing from my sick bed in the intensive care unit (ICU).It is my last WISH that 85% of this fund is invested substantially in any charitable organization of your choice and administered as you may deem fit,especially to the orphanage homes.You are at liberty to also donate part of the funds to churches and mosques and to those struck by natural disaster.I have earmarked 5% of the total fund to run cost of administration of WILL & TESTAMENT and also on logistics and other sundry arrangements that you may require.
 
I crave your indulgence as a God fearing individual that equally has high moral pedestal and who is also an uncommon humanitarian that cares so much about the plight of the less-privileged as much as i do, to take it upon yourself and use this fund for the above mentioned purposes. This is a painstaking decision i have taken in order to help humanity in my little capacity as a  very God fearing woman who has great regard for humanity before I bow to God's sovereignty.
 
Note that as soon as I receive your reply and personal information as listed below, I shall avail you with the official contact information of the Zenith Bank Plc officials,to enable you contact the Bank without delay.I will also issue you with an official letter of authorization,so that my bankers will recognize your status as the new beneficiary of my ESTATE, FUND, WILL & TESTAMENT. Interestingly 10% of the total sum is set aside as your compensation for accepting to play this significant role for me and I hope you will appreciate my kind gesture.
 
Let me remind you that the fund has an open beneficiary mandate and as such,it is whom i personally authorize or appoint to act on my behalf that the bank will ultimately recognize and release the funds to and by this memo,the onus has fallen on you to assume this selfless and noble responsibility that will catalyze change by exploring and promoting the development of new interventions that will benefit the poorest of the poor when the fund is transferred into your bank account.
 
Please assure me that you will not treat this offer with levity but will consciously yield my bequest continued existence.
 
Kindly send the information in this order:
 
(1) Your full names :===================================
(2) personal or official contact address:===============================
(3) Home or Office phone#:============Cellphone#:==========Fax#:=======
(4) Your Age:===============
(5)Occupation:===========================
(6)Sex/Marital status:========================
 
I Await your kind response while hoping you will appreciate my helpless predicament.
Reply me through my private  e mail thus joanrodriquez97@gmail.com  or my nurse e mail thus mrsjanet_walters@aol.com
 
 
May God bless your golden heart and soul.
Sincerely Yours,
 
Mrs.Joan Rodriquez
(London Uk)

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