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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. Margaret Rahmann" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <m.rahmann@mail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 08:08:56 -0700
Subject: Urgent; Cash Inheritance

Dear beloved
Greetings and peace be upon you! As I said in my e-mail before, my name is Mrs. Margaret Rahmann. I have decided to donate my cash inheritance from my late husband (Mr. Dymphna Rahmann) for charity projects because of my terminal illness.

I decided to use my cash inheritance for this noble charity project because my marriage with my husband ended childless. I was 58 years old, 2 years ago, when I was first diagnosed of this cancer, which occurred shortly after my husband’s death, a situation that plunged me into hypertension and eventual partial stroke. In my present state of health, life is meaningless and hope dims every passing moment for me. At the thought of my battered and shattered existence, I am usually overwhelmed by despair and gloom.

It is mainly my hopeless and helpless situation that prompted me to decide on this project to better the lives of the less privileged or disadvantaged out there, as my own last token of contribution to humanity. I must confess that I was really touched by God to do this. I decided not to donate this money to anyone I know around, because if I did, upon my death, my husband's relatives will engage such beneficiary in legal battle, claiming my action was without their consent and as such 'null and void’. They may attempt to use their influence to pervert the course of justice and recover the donation; a thing I hate to imagine! My husband's people are vicious and wicked such that it'll amount to betrayal of my late husband if I let them access and enjoy the fruits of his hard labor after all their misdeeds against their late brother. God forbid that I will do a thing as cowardly as that.

You can now see the combination of factors that prompted the donation/charity initiative.

What I want you to do is to invest the money in any area of business you have relevant experience and knowledge to manage, which is viable and profitable, and at the end of each year, you should disburse 50% of the profit for charity purposes and put 35% back in the business for expansion, leaving 15% for yourself as compensation.

This way, the charity funds will not only be sustainable to serve many generations but will generate employment and empower jobless persons around. This is my vision and that is the way I want you to handle this project without fail. I want you to guarantee me that you will commit and devote yourself for this task and sincerely and honestly disburse the resources I am giving you to accomplish it. For no reason should you given in to the temptation to divert the funds into self-serving purposes. As you discharge this assignment with sincerity and honesty, God will surely reward you His own way. Please, because I do not want my husband's relatives, who spy over me, to know of my latest decision/action (at this stage) and for health reason(s),I shall not entertain phone calls and Conversations.

Again, I want you to know that this money was completely sealed in a box and deposited in a private security finance company and the Security finance company is ready to move the sealed box by diplomatic immunity delivery through diplomatic channel to your country so that you as the new beneficiary will receive it in cash as the beneficiary after which you can now put the money in your bank account so just contact them now.

I want you to know that any parcel sent by diplomatic immunity courier delivery services is covered with diplomatic immunity and cannot be search or scan at the airport or any port of entry because of the immunity as the diplomat will do all the diplomatic clearance on arrival at the airport and you will pay all the official governments fees according to the international diplomatic regulations so I can assure you 100% that the parcel will be delivered directly to your house or any place you want to receive it without any problem.

All top personnel's, High rank officers, Government official/politicians only moves fund out from here and around the world through diplomatic immunity courier delivery because it is the only guarantee source of moving huge amount out without any question from any Authority.

So if you are sure that you will use the donation as I have directed, please provide me the following requirements for onward delivery to the security company with letter of introduction and authorization letter to change the beneficiary to your name and request for them to move the sealed box to your country for you to receive it and also I need scan copy of either your driving license or international passport:-
Full Names:
Address:

Nationality:

Mobile telephone number:
Age:
Occupation:
Identification document:
I have attached my previous and present photos for your confirmation and I will also send you a copy of my international passport in my next mail when I receive your reply.

Please do not forget to scan ether your driving license or international passport copy and my contact email is rahmannmargaret@yahoo.ca
Regard
Mrs. Margaret Rahmann

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