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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: "Mrs. Eliabeth Brown" <suncethforu@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: info_mrs.brown@sify.com
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:08:22 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Attention My Dear Good Friend, I Need Your Assistance Right Now For the Transaction


MRS ELIZABETH FOUNDATION

SUFFERING FROM CANCER OF

THE LUNGS IN HOSPITAL

 

Good Day Beloved One,

 

Greetings in the name of God. My
intention of contacting you is to solicit your assistance in a Project
of my Fund, though I know my decision to contact you in this manner is
unconventional, the prevailing circumstances necessitated my action.

 

Please let this not sound strange to
you for my only surviving lawyer who would have done this died early
this year? I prayed and got your email id from your country’s guest book
which I have been with my late husband and liked to visit once more if
God will in his infinite mercies.

 

I am Mrs. Elizabeth Brown from London. I
am 58 years old, I am suffering from a long time cancer of the lungs
which also affected my brain, from all indication my conditions is
really deteriorating and it is quite obvious that, according to my
doctors they have advised me that I may not live for the next two
months, this is because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage.

 

I was brought up from a motherless
babies home, was married to my late husband for twenty years without a
child, my husband died in a fatal motor accident before his death we
were true Believers in God.

 

Since his death I decided not to
re-marry, I sold all my inherited belongings and deposited all the sum
of $10 million Dollars in Bank Presently, this money is still with them
and the Bank manager just wrote me as the true owner to come forward to
receive the money for keeping it for so long or rather issue a letter of
authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf since I can not
come over because of my illness or they get it confiscated.

 

Dear beloved, I am with my laptop in
the hospital where I have been undergoing treatment for cancer of the
lungs. My doctors have told me that I have only a few months to live. It
is my last wish to see that this money is invested to any organization
of your choice and distributed each year among the charity organization,
the poor and the motherless baby’s home.

 

I want you as God fearing person, to
also use this money to help churches, Mosques, orphanages and widows; I
took this decision, before I rest in peace because my time will soon be
up.

 

As soon as I receive your reply I shall
give you the contact of the Bank where the money was deposited in I
will also issue you a letter of authority that will prove you as the
beneficiary of my fund, Please assure me that you will act accordingly
as I stated herein.

 

Any delay in your reply will give room
in sourcing for an organization or a devoted person for this same
purpose Until I hear from you my dreams will rest squarely on your
shoulders





Your Name:
__________________________________________



Address:
____________________________________________



Country:
_____________________________________________



Occupation:
__________________________________________



Date of Birth:
_______________________________________



Mobile Number:
_______________________________________



A copy of your Pass-port and Pass-port
Number: ________________





God Bless You as i look forward to your
reply thanks for your understanding

 

SIGN



MRS. ELIZABETH BROWN

MY PRIVATE EMAIL ID:
(info_mrs.brown@sify.com)

GOD BE WITH YOU






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