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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: IG TECHNOLOGY <ig.technologyng@gmail.com>
Reply-To: elizabeth.palmerr@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 15:10:31 +0100
Subject: I NEED YOUR HUMANITARIAN HEART

Dear Beloved,


First, I must apologies to you for using this medium to communicate to you
about this project but it is of utmost importance hence time is of great
essence.


My name is Ms.Elizabeth Palmer and I was married to Dr.Frank Palmer who
worked with a major petroleum company in West-Africa for thirty years
before he died on July 3, 2013 .

He died after a brief illness which lasted only 4 days and when my late
husband was alive, he informed me that he had deposited the sum of (USD$
10.5 Million United States Dollars) with a finance outfit to be used for
charity purposes and also to start a foundation (Frank & Elizabeth Palmer
Foundation) to help the less privilege and also donate to orphanages,
research centers and widows propagating the word .

Why we took this decision is because we had agreed between me and my late
husband that because of the terrible greediness and in fighting for wealth
among his family, we should assign this project to someone without any
direct links or association with the family as we did not want a situation
where this money gets into the wrong hands of my husband's relatives since
we had no children of our own hence the reason why we took this bold
decision.


The sad news is that I know I would not last for long in this world due to
terminal cancer hence having known my condition, I decided to donate this
funds for humanity and also to assist in,Yemen,Syria,Iraq,Egypt and
fighting the Zika and Ebola virus before it spreads into other parts of the
world.


As soon as I receive your reply, I shall give you the contact details of
our family lawyer who would assist you claim this funds from where it is
currently held so that you can immediately transfer the funds to your
personal account via bank telegraphic wire transfer.


I will also issue a letter of authority that will empower you as the new
beneficiary of the funds hence please assure me that you will act
accordingly as stated herein as I hope to hear from you soonest as you can
be rest assured that it will not take more than 7 working days for you to
receive the funds from the date you acknowledge receipt of this mail.


Remain Blessed,

Ms.Elizabeth Palmer

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