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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. Dora Williams." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drdorawilliams@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 10:31:17 +0100
Subject: CRY FOR HELP

Calvary greetings my dearest in the Lord
 
 
Dearest in the Lord
 
 
 
With all due sense of respect suavity and decorum, I humbly implore and acknowledge apology if I demean your personal integrity, be that
as it may I crave your indulgence hoping you will have a nice time and /go through this mail in token of good faith and work hard to see that
you justify this confidence of good work of gratitude in effort rewardness that is about to be repose on you.
 
 
Before I proceed I will not fail to ask about modification of your health and that of your business which is momentous in human dignity?
In a not shell as courtesy demands my name is Dora Williams Former Resources Manager  Chevron Oil Company Nig Plc. Wife of late Engr.
Bruno Dickson Williams. Of course I got your contact information from a reliable database called business index through the British Chamber
of Commerce, Hence I decided to contact you from here in the Royal Berkshire Cancer Hospital London, United Kingdom, where I now
undergoing cancer of the lungs treatment.
 
 
However, I will like to give a little preamble of my late husband before I advance further to let you know the proposition. It might
interest to know that my late husband until his death was the CHAIRMAN/CEO of (ZAO TYZLYNAMASH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY PLC) affiliate
Contractor with Shell Petroleum Development Company Plc. My late husband was a very dedicated and devoted Philanthropist who has bent
of mind towards legacy to humanity. He loves to add value to the down trodden in the society by given out his great philanthropy, as in
recognition of his outstanding humanitarian philanthropic and /patriotic achievements, he was duly conferred with the National Honor
of the office of the Order of the Niger (OON) by the then President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and because of his recognition of
excellence knows no bounds especially in Africa and Europe as the honors, awards and chieftaincy tittles conferred on him cut across
primordial lines.
 
 
The proposition, I write to you in good faith hoping you will understand the importance attached to this message. I am a 67 year old
aging widow; I am a Scottish citizen but married to late Engr. Bruno Dickson Williams Africa /Scottish Citizen. I wish to let you know that
I am suffering from a long time illness diagnosed for cancer of the lungs and other infections as you can view in the herein attached
diagnostics.
 
Of course my aim of contacting you with grief and heavy heart is because I have recently is due to I have recently been diagnosed of
cancer of the lungs and other infections and the Doctor has made it emphatically clear that the cancer has entered 1, 2, 3.4 and as a
result of that the Doctor has confirmed that I have a short period of time to live here on earth. Meanwhile, ever since this ugly news got
across to me I have been in sober reflection, reflecting over my life in the past, but one thing that gives me courage is that I know we
cannot live here on earth forever, we are going to die someday, but the contention is where are we going to spend our eternity after here
on earth.
 
 
It is painful that after over 34 years of peaceful marriage with my husband, we were not blessed with fruit of the womb. I mean we had no
child of our own after 34 years of peaceful marriage who will inherit our numerous wealth due to what Doctors described as pendenculum
Fibroid. Of course since the sudden death of my lovely husband in 2014, as a result of Nyanya Bomb Blast Abuja in 2014, by the deadly
Insurgence called BOKO HARM. The Bomb Blast which claimed many lives and that of my husband.
 
Of course since my husband’s sudden death I have made several unanimous donations to the victims of Earthquake in HAITI, as well as
the people of DAR-FUR in Southern Sudan and the displaced BOKO HARM victims in the North East of Nigeria. Now that my health is gradually
deteriorating, according to the resident Doctor, and I can no longer continue to do all these myself any longer, hence I strongly desire to
reach out to the poor and the downtrodden in the society, through a foreign trustee precisely from the Western World who I will cede the
funds under his or her custody valued (US$50,000,000.00) only, which I and my late husband jointly fixed with the United Bank for Africa
(UBA) Head office Abuja- Nigeria.
 
 
I would prefer to continue this charity work with the assistance of a kind and trusted foreign trustee who would use these funds
(US$50,000,000.00) with agreed interest of 6.7% derived from same and use it for utmost degree of honesty and transparency to the down
trodden in the society. More especially a person who will use the funds to establish a Hospital Cancer Cervical Screening in any part of
the World and open School for Boy’s and Girl’s catering for Refugees suffering from War and Violence in Europe .
As stated above, I discovered your profile through a Business Index /from my  hospital bed here in Royal Berkshire Cancer Hospital London
United Kingdom, which of course confirmed of your status which moved me a lot, hence I decided to contact you from my hospital bed as you
can view in the attached photograph of my good self.
 
 
Consequently, I wish to bring to your notice that my late husband and I on the 24th of January 2012, made a joint (10) year term fixed
deposit of the aforesaid funds with the Trade and Exchange Dept. of the Affiliate Global Commercial Bank in Africa (United Bank for
Africa). It will interest you to know that our main purpose of depositing the Funds I am about to cede to you, was to dispense plans
for legacy to humanity after 10 years, before my late husband’s sudden demise in 2014.
 
 
As also stated above, I want to unavoidably reiterate that I would /need a very honesty and God fearing person precisely from the Western
World who has basic leadership qualities and ability to manage funds and prioritize charity Organization to ensure efficient. A honest
person who will be able to utilize these Funds with utmost degree of trust and judiciously plunge the funds into restoration of hope,
happiness and succor to the down trodden in the society to achieve our heart desire, by establishing a hospital cancer cervical screening
which will be named after my husband’s as concedes in the codicil and last testament to his will.
 
 
As well I need a foreign trustee who will use part of these Funds to propagate the work of God, as this was part of our philosophy of
charity of depositing the aforesaid Funds in 2012. Furthermore, I still want to reiterate that I found your Email ID from the internet
during my recent search in the business index, hence the reason contacting you.
 
 
 
Please if you can be able to use these Funds accordingly for humanitarian work, kindly reply as soon as possible so as to enable me
furnish you with further details, knowing full well that I have a limited time here on earth according to the resident. As you may
rightly know everything with regards to claiming of these Funds needs to be done in extremity because I may answer the call of nature at any
given time. Of course am not afraid of death knowing full well that death is necessary thing that will come when it will come. Also am not
afraid of death because there is a saying that “No Evil will happen to a good man either in life or after death”. One thing everyone must
believe is that the life one lives here on earth determines whether he or she will make heaven or not. On that note, having decided to cede
these funds to you should not be viewed as a stupid venture from a stupid cancerous woman, just view it as God’s intervention, therefore
I will sternly advise that you try as much as you can and use these funds with utmost degree of honesty, sincerity and transparency for
restoration of hope, happiness and succor to the down trodden in the society.
 
 
As you can see I tried all I could to write you this mail from my sick bed just to show how important to cede these funds to you. Once again
if you are interested kindly reply as soon as possible so as to enable /me divulge further detail information to you, as well link you up with
our Attorney who will be of help to procure all the legal/legitimate approval documents on your behalf. Of course you know that our
Attorney will need to secure the entire necessary document that will /ecessitate the claiming of the funds. As a matter of fact I have
handed over the Safe Keeping receipt my husband signed with the United Bank for Africa (UBA) the very day the funds were deposited with the
bank.
 
Also I have handed over to the Attorney a snap photograph my late husband took with the officials of the United Bank for Africa, also
the very day the funds were deposited with the bank. All these will be forwarded to you by our Attorney for proof of legitimacy, genuity and
avoidance of the doubt. Upon your explicit response to this mail.
 
 
Your earlier corporation response would be appreciated
 
 
Thanks and May the Almighty God in his infinite good mercies bless you
as you claim these funds and use if judicially and judiciously for the
down trodden in the society.
 
 
Please after going through the message, kindly open the attached files
for your kind perusal and view recent diagnostics and that of my
recent photograph.
 
 
Stay blessed and remain healthy always
 
Yours In Christ Jesus,
 
Mrs. Dora Williams.
 
CRY FOR HELP
 
REPLY TO: drdorawilliams@gmail.com

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