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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 Rachel Dustin <info@help.com>
Reply-To: <mrsrachel99@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:38:57 -0700
Subject:



--
I am Mrs Rachel Dustin,


suffering from cancerous ailment. I was married to Sir Aaron Dustin an
English shipping tycoon notable for his great charitable activities
before
his death.
My husband and I made a vow to uplift the down-trodden and the less-
privileged
individuals as he had passion for persons who could not help themselves
due
to
physical disability or financial predicament. Our lives together lasted
for
three
decades without a child. My husband died of Acute Myeloid Leukaemia in
April 17, 2008.
When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of Thirteen Million
Pounds Sterling (13,000,000.00 GBP) which were derived from his vast
estates
and
investment in capital market with a Security Firm here in United
wealthy
individuals.
As soon as I receive your reply via my personal email address:
mrs_racheldustin01@hotmail.com, i shall authorize my Attorney to issue
you a
Letter of Authority that will empower you as the original beneficiary
of the
fund. As soon as the funds is delivered to you,i want you to use 20%
(percent) for the upkeep of your family for seeing that people are
brought
out of their
predicaments.
Please assure me that you will act just as I have stated herein.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Remain Blessed,
Mrs Rachel Dustin.

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