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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: "isabella caromel" <isabellacaromel1999@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: isabellacaromel1965@walla.com
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 20:32:40 +0000
Subject: USE FOR THE LESS PRIVILEDGE

Goodday Beloved,
Private Message to you,
As you read this mail, I want you to feel sorry for me and have
sympathy to my situation and assist me. My name is Isabella Caromel,the only
surviver from a family of four. I was narrowly escaped from the tsunami
disaster which affected my spinal cord and also my ear drum and claim the
lifes of my entire family,husband(Denis caromel )and two sons(Ugo and
Tom)who went for holidays in Sri-Lanka.

Right now I am currently in a family hospital in Kuala Lumpur malaysia.after
staying a week in a hospital I was disabled by the catastrophe and on a
wheel chair after all the treatment and it has defiled all forms of medicine
and right now I have only about a few months to live, according to medical
experts.
I have not particularly lived my life so well as my primary interest and
focus was only on my fathers business. Though my father is very rich and
was never generous. But now I regret all this as I now know that there is
more to life than just wanting to have or make all the money in the world.
I believe when God gives me a second chance to come to this world I would
live my life a different way from how I have lived it. Now that it is
obvious that God has called me, I have to willed and given most of my
fathers properties to the less privilege.I want God to be merciful to me and
accept my soul.

I have decided to give arms to charity organizations and give succor and
comfort to the less privileged in our societies. I want this to be one of
the last good deeds I do on earth since my father has never recognized
that.So far I have to distributed money to some charity organizations now
that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself anymore.
The last of my fathers money which no one knows of is the huge cash deposit
of $4.6M USD that he has with(OVERSEA CREDIT COMMISSION ABROAD)for safe
keeping which he intend to invest on profitable factory.

I will want you to help me collect this deposit and disburse it to some
charity organizations and to the less privileged in entire society.PleaseI
will appreciate you to send me a mail to indicate interest if you will
assist me in disbursement and also include your contact telephone/fax
numbers that I will forward to the (OVERSEA CREDIT COMMISSION)to be able to
contact you as the appointed beneficiary.

I will provide you the certificate of deposit which is the legal document
to enable you meet with the company authority to claim the consignment of
the funds and use as I instructed.

If you are willing and ready to assist with this project, please e-mail me
without delay , while I wait to hear from you. Thanks for your kindness may
God guide and reward you in all your endeavors as you make me realize my
last dreams and wishes.
Remain blessed.
Isabella CaromeL.


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