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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: Ms Renate Unseld <luhgede@e-mail.ua>
Reply-To: <renateunseld@e-mail.ua>
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 10:31:14 +0100
Subject: Private & Help



--
Beloved,

Greetings in the name of God, Pls let this message not sound strange to
you
for my only surviving lawyer who would have done this died last year, I
prayed and got your E-mail I'd from your country's guest book which I
have
been going through since the death of my husband in search of God
fearing
person to whom I will entrust my inheritance fund to his or her hand
that
will not betray my intention for the charities.

I am Ms. Renate Unseld a German Citizen, suffering from a long time
cancer
of the lungs, from all indication my conditions is really deteriorating
and
it is quite obvious according to my doctors that I may not live so
long,
this is because my condition of health has gotten to a very bad stage.
I
was brought up from a motherless baby's home as an orphan, married to
my
late husband Eng Gert Unseld for ten years without having any child. My
husband died in Belle view plan crash on Sunday October 23, 2009. Since
his
death, I decided not to re-marry and sold all my inherited belongings
and
deposited the sum of (US$8.5M) Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand
United
States Dollars Only with a Finance Company.

Presently this money is still with the Finance Company and the Director
of
the Finance Company just wrote me recently to come forward to receive
my
fund for keeping it so long will amount of losing the fund Or issue My
authorization letter to somebody of my choice to receive the fund on my
behalf since I can not come over to them because of my illness or
consider
the fund confiscated.

It is on this note I decided to contact you with faith of my best wish
to
see that this fund is invested to any charitable organization of your
choice, as well as distribute among the widows and destitute children
across your country. Beloved, I want you as God-fearing person to
assure me
that you will utilize this fund accordingly as I stated herein without
deviating from my heart desire?

I took the decision of WILL out this fund for the welfare of motherless
and
destitute children due to what I gone through during my days of up
bringing
as an orphan. Nevertheless, I'm with my laptop on my hospital bed were
I
have been undergoing treatment for my cancer of the lungs waiting to
receive your humble acceptance of this offer by forward me with your
information that will enable me use them to write and send my
authorization
letter that will proof you as the next beneficiary of my fund with
Finance
Company were I deposited the fund on your behalf.

For your interest and readiness to carry out this divine project on my
behalf, get back to me immediately with your information as follows:

1. YOUR FULL NAME:

2. YOUR RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:

3. YOUR NATIONALITY:

4. YOUR AGE / SEX:

5. YOUR YOUR OCCUPATION:

6. YOUR MOBILE / CELL PHONE NUMBER:

Thanks for understanding, while hoping to receive your immediate reply.

Yours beloved Sister in the Lord,

Ms. Renate Unseld

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