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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: Nena Donald <nena_donald05@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: nina_garcia23@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:09:08 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Greetings,


 Greetings,
With Due Respect and Humanity, I was compelled to write to you under a humanitarian ground. My name is mrs Nina Dietzel .I am from USA currently hospitalized; I am married to Mr.Garcia Dietzel. We were married for many years without a child. He died after a Cardiac Arteries Operation. And Recently,My Doctor told me that I would not last for the next six months due to my cancer problem (cancer of the liver and stroke). Before my husband died last year there is this sum $6.5 Six million five Hundred Thousand dollars that he deposited in a security company,the money is inside a box and nobody knows the real contents of the box,not even the security company management because it was deposited as containing our familyvaluables. Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to any good brother or sister that will utilize this fund the way I am going to instruct herein.I want somebody that will use this fund according to the desire of my late husband
and I to help Less privileged people orphanages, widows and propagating the word of God. I took this decision because I don’t have any child that will inherit this fund, and I don’t want in away where this money will be used in an ungodly way.
This is why I am taking this decision to hand you over this Fund. I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I want you to always remember me in your daily prayers because of my upcoming Surgery. Hoping to read from you asap.Yours sincerely,Mrs. Nina

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