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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 Tina Zule <"an-MTZ."@sunny.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Mrs Tina Zule <mrs.tinazule001@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2016 02:15:47 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Please Do Not Ignore Me



Please Dear

Greetings. Listen to my cry please, i strongly believe that you will
not betray me, i am writing you now from the hospital bed with tears on my
eyes, please do not ignore me, i am critically sick now, there is no
hope of survival, please do not ignore me for the sake of my son.
please read my mail very careful and get back to me.

I am contacting you by the Will of God.

My name is:Mrs Tina Zule , I am an Italian business woman
specialized in mining of raw Gold in Africa; but now I am critically
sick with esophageal cancer which has damaged almost all the cells in
my body system and I will soon die according to my doctors.

My late husband died in an accident with our two daughters few years
ago leaving me with our only son whom is just 10 years old and he is
my most concern now as he is still a child and does not know anything
about live and has nobody to take care of him after I am dead; because
I and my late husband does not have any relatives, we both grew up in
the orphanage home and got married under orphanage as orphans. So if I
die now my innocent child would be left alone in this wicked world and
I do not wish to send him to any orphanage home, I want him to grow up
in the hands of an individual, not orphanage.

Please, i am begging you in the name of God to sincerely accept my
proposal; let me instruct my bank to wire transfer my fund worth the
sum of: £ 2.7 MILLION POUNDS to your account in your country
immediately, then you take my son to your home and raise him as your
own son.
As you receive the fund into your account, you are entitled to take 30
percent and invest 70 percent for my son so that he will not suffer in
his entire life.

Please reply immediately with your full data if you agree to help me,
so that we can arrange it fast before anything happens to me because i
will be undergoing surgery by coming week, and i do not know the fate
of the surgery as the doctor has told me already that i may not
survive.

Please i wait to hear from you now, its a matter of urgency
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs.Tina Zule
IN GOD I TRUST.

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