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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: "davidfaith46@yahoo.com" <fawasslawfirm@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:14:23 +0100
Subject: HELP THE SOS CHILDREN

*The Chair man Head of Department Nigeria Orphanage Association in person of
Mr David Gould and the fellow member staff are av gently seeking for your
support, I am from united State of American,The dream supporting of the
orphanage has been my desire from the early stage of my life, The orphanage
which started 16 year back.Has been in worse shape for 7 year now after all
the effort of making or bringing it back to it normal condition proof
abortive.The urgently seeking of aid led us to you, The orphanage home is in
a bad state and government are not helping issues rather all they gave was
on promises,The worse things is that its difficult to feed them twice a
day,

This predicament and acute starvation had led to some been affected by
quashiokor,And we lost 10 percent of the children to the cold hands of
death,Sometime malaria affections attacks severely due to the poor
ventilation,Also we have been moving from one place to another here in
Nigeria so as to get some financial aids so that the children will have a
good life to live in urgently,Kindly assist us to help build back the state
being of our orphanage home ASAP,

God say pay text and adoration
Giver never lack say our hero
You trust is yours strength
You support is also you work
You kindness is you quality
If you are respected you are defend
God loves a sharefull giver
He that giveth shall receive in double fold
The beginning of man is wisdom
The fear of God is wisdom
The rain fall and go (there is hope)

Thank for your perusal
God bless you as you help.
*

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