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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: Elizbeth Olk <elizbetholk@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 16:03:58 +0400
Subject: thanks.


Dear Sir / madam,
Greetings.


as you read this i don't want you to feel sorry for me because i believe
everyone will die someday, my name is Mrs. Elizbeth Olk, i married to late
Mr. Hansami Olk for good nine years with out no child, and my late husband
was a successful businessman in United Arab Emirates, Dubai, before he died
1999 i then took over his business.


now i have been diagnosed with esophageal cancer, it has defiled all forms
of medical treatment 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 i never really cared for anyone (not even myself), but my late husband
business only, though my late husband was very well to do in business before
i took over his business, i was never open handed, i was always hostile to
people like they never had hopes of becoming as successful as myself alone,
but now i regret all this as i now know that there is more to life than just
waiting to be prosperous.


i believe when God gives me a second chance to come to this world again, i
would live my life a different way from how i have lived it, now that God
has called me, i have willed and given most of my late husband belonging to
my immediate and extended family members as well as a few close friends, i
want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul, hence i have decided to
give also to charity, as i want this to be one of the last good deeds i do
on earth.
now that my health has deteriorated so badly, i cannot do this myself
anymore. i once asked members of my late husband family to aid me in giving
of alms to those organizations catering for the less privileged but they
refused and kept the resources to themselves.


hence i do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contempt with what
i have left for them, the last of my late husband belonging which no one
knows of it is the huge deposit of (Four million three hundred and fifty
thousand US dollars) that i have in a safe keeping Company which i will want
you to secure and dispatch to charity organizations.


please Endeavour to reply me as I'll be awaiting for your quick response.
i have set aside a 15% of this for you.


Thanks and God bless you.
Mrs. Elizbeth Olk.

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