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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: Beate Biehn-Blank <biehnblank@optusnet.com.au>
Reply-To: beatebiehnblank@ymail.com
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:37:34 +1100
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE NEEDED








Greetings from Mrs. Beate Biehn-Blank,

After going through your information over the internet
i decided to contact you for friendship and assistance
for distribution of my inheritance towards charity. My
name is Mrs. Beate Biehn-Blank; I am a dying woman who
has decided to donate what I have for the good work of
charity. I am 60 years old and I was diagnosed for
breast cancer for about 2 years now.
I have been touched by God to donate from what I have
inherited from my late husband to you for the good work
of God, rather than allow my husband evil relatives to
use my husband hard earned funds ungodly. They don't
care about mankind, all they care is how to rob some
money from me and spend them ungodly because i do not
have any child of mine on earth. Please pray that the
good Lord forgives me my sins. I have asked God to
forgive me and I believe he has because He is a
merciful God. I will be going in for a surgery soon and
I want to make sure that I make this donation before
undergoing my surgery.
I decided to donate the sum of $5,500,000.00 (Five
Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) to
you for the good work of the lord, and also to help the
motherless and less privilege and also for the
assistance of the widows and unfortunate mothers. At
the moment I cannot take any telephone calls right now
due to my ill health status and also for the fact that
my husband's relatives are always around me and trying
to see if they can overhear my conversations. Thanks
and God bless. I will give you more details as soon as
I hear from you.
Reply me through my private email:
beatebiehnblank@ymail.com




With love and Peace of God,
Mrs Beate Biehn-Blank
Email:beatebiehnblank@ymail.com




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