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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. Sandra Williams" <test@test.com>
Reply-To: <office.info010@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:03:03 -0600
Subject: Dear beloved ,

Dear beloved ,
Thanks for your mail and your willingness to assist me and may God bless you. My late response is due to my health condition which is depreciating everyday. I can only write to you with the help of Nurse Elena; as I feel pains in my fingers due to my present health condition.
The spirit of God has instructed me to entrust this fund in your care, it is a matter of necessity to contact you for this mission without further investigation about your person, as I view you to be a more responsible personality. It is therefore necessary that you tell me a little about yourself. I hope you would not betray me and please promise me that you will not. You may wonder why I contacted you of all people. But the fact is I grew up with the understanding that it is good people who desire to achieve money to help those in need but not for selfish interest and besides naked we came to this world and naked we shall depart.
My husband's intention was to use this fund for the less privilege before he died. I have decided to use this fund to fund charity homes (motherless homes), orphanages, widows, for the love that I have for him as a humble and loving husband, the only thing I can do for him while asleep is to ensure I fulfill his dreams to help the less privileged.
I have been thrown into a state of utter confusion, frustration and hopelessness by my husbands immediate family in quest to get the informations of my husband wealth from me. I have been forced on many occasions to provide the information and I refused to disclose to them because they were not being honest to my husband while he was alive. I believe it will be a better option to do what my spirit has instructed me to do by choosing you for this purpose and I hope you will fulfill the dream of my family by helping the needy with the funds I am about to entrust in your care. I can not over emphasize on what relatives and friends did when my husband was still alive. I will like to inform you not to disclose this mission to anybody because my late husband friends who are aware of my husband fortunes lives overseas and they did all they could to influence my lawyer to disclose to them everyt
Before we can proceed further, I would like you answer this questions for me to know a little more about you.
1) How old are you
2) Where do you lived
3) What is your occupation?
4) Have you got married?
5) If yes, how many children do you have?
6) Do you have any experience in Work of God?
7) Can I trust you to handle these Funds?
8) Are you ready to help me, if yes then forward your phone numbers, house address and a photo of you or your family photos, so that I will forward your full information to my lawyer?
As a result of my present health condition and hearing impairment, I cannot communicate with you on phone, please always put me in prayers. I look forward to hearing from you. And I will like you send me any picture of you.
God bless you.
Mrs. Sandra Williams
 
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