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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: "zhaotai@zhaotai.com.cn"
Reply-To: mrsgracewoods70@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 17:35:10 +0100
Subject: My Last (WILL)


Dear Sir/Madam, I am sure this mail would be coming to you as a surprise si=
nce we have never met before and you would also be asking why I have decide=
d to chose you among the numerous internet users in the world, precisely I =
cannot say why I have chosen you but do not be worried for I saw your profi=
le on the Internet, which has made me accomplish my request. May the almigh=
ty God bless and see you through with this mission if you can carefully rea=
d and digest the message below. Before I move further, permit me to give yo=
u a little of my biography, I am Mother Grace Woods, (70) Years old woman a=
nd the wife of Late Sir Jackman Olivier who died alongside our only child i=
n a Plane crash on Monday the 7th of September 1998 GMT 14:22 UK while they=
were flying from New York to Geneva. Please see site below for more inform=
ation. http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/index.html After=
the death of my husband and son ,I became the Head of his investment and j=
ust recently, the doctors handling my health issues at Cancer center: Chris=
tie Hospital NHS Trust UK, have said I may not live beyond the next two mon=
ths after my next surgery,but before the death of my husband we had a plan =
to use the last days of our lives to donate half of what we have worked for=
to the less privilege and charity homes and the other half for ourselves, =
family members and close friends, and it is so unfortunate that my husband =
is not alive today to do this with me and I am very weak with cancer and co=
upled with the recent announcement from the doctor, hence I have decided to=
do this philanthropic work on behalf of my late husband and I. Presently, =
I have willed out almost half of our assets to several charity homes and to=
some of the less privilege in different countries. Despite the agreement b=
etween my late husband and I to give aid to the deprived, we also agreed to=
render support to an individual we have not met before in life due to the =
fact when we were still young in life we received an anonymous help from an=
individual we did not know and which we have not been able to know till da=
te, the impact we got from such gesture made us to do same. I am sorry to i=
nform you that you will never have the chance to know me because I have jus=
t concluded the assignment which my husband and I have agreed upon before h=
is sudden death and you happened to be the beneficiary of our last WILL, ir=
respective of your previous financial status, hence I need you to do me a f=
avor by accepting our offer. I have presently instructed my attorney to ass=
ist any person I will introduce to him as the beneficiary to the last will =
in the sum of Ten Million United State Dollars (10,000,000.00) with my bank=
. I decided to do this now and unconditionally knowing that my days are num=
bered. To conclude with this bequest, please provide me with your Data to f=
ully advise my attorney that you are the appointed beneficiary of the depos=
it. Full Names: Physical address; Direct telephone number Occupation Note: =
Please I do not want you to thank me, same gesture was shown to us, all I n=
eed you to do is, When you get this fund, use %50 for your self and the res=
t to assist the less privileged in your community, this is the only way to =
immortalize us when I am gone. Yours Faithfully Ms. Grace Woods Cancer Cent=
re: Christie Hospital NHS Trust (Manchester, UK) North West of England Repl=
y: gracewoods70@gmail.com

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