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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: Les Scadding <p.dehlinger@tubeo.eu>
Reply-To: <lesc0819@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 22:31:03 +0530
Subject: reply me



--
Hello beloved one.

Greetings to you.

First: I tender my apologies to bodging into your privacy this way
without a formal notice. However I got your contact from the online
personal data collection unit during my frantic effort to source for a
sincere reliable, Capable independent and selfless trustworthy and god
fearing person to handle this humanitarian oriented project for me. But
before i proceed, i would like to introduce myself to you to know me
better with proves:

My name is Les Scadding, from UK, I am 66 years, use to be an
unemployed mechanic until in 2009 when luck smiled on me. I was the
winner of Euromillions Lottery of 2009 where i scooped the amazing sum
of £45million. you can check it out here (
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/45m-lottery-winner-les-scadding-433887)
I was 58 then. I have three kids Lisa, Nicola, and Daniel. Having
been lucky to win the above mentioned sum in 2009, I settled all my kids
and made them millionaires through my winning sum. Then i made some few
donations to my church and bought few properties. Then the rest of the
fund where handed over to wealth and assets management Inc for a good
investment in dollar, which has currently accumulated about $25 Million
both capital and return on investment ( ROI)...

Now I am battling with a testicular cancer which i beat five years ago
but later it resurfaced again. This was discovered when i had my last
perennial test this year. My doctors advised that i should be taken to a
hospice cos he said i got few time here on earth.. Under this premises,
I resolved to dole out the entire money that i have left from the
lottery money with the wealth and assets to god fearing and non-greedy
person for the purpose of starting a humanitarian project with it; that
would immortalize me when am gone. like i said before, i have settled
all my children and therefore have nothing to do with this. The physical
property i bought will surely be "bequeathed" to them in my attested
"WILL" which will be amended as soon as i found a reliable person to
champion this course. I want this money to be used to touched people's
life mostly the less privileged, orphans, destitute etc. it was by god's
grace that i won that lottery when i had nothing, therefore it would be
wise that i give it back to the society in total appreciation of god's
grace and love upon my life. I am contacting you to seek for your
unalloyed dedicated and devoted cooperation to handle this fund for the
purpose of floating a humanitarian project with it..I know this might
sound weird or strange to you but its the real fact and reality which
you will find out when i unveil some vital information to you about
this.

If you can handle the fund to effect life positively, don't hesitate to
write me back so that i can let you know what is required of you to
execute this mission. of course certain percentage of the money will be
allotted to you for your sincere and selfless service. and please note
that I don't need a penny from you during this period cos there would
be no need for that. All i need is just your sincerity, devotion and
dedication to execute the project with fear of god and commitment to
humanity.

I shall be looking forward to your candid response at your earliest
convenience

Thanks
Les Scadding

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