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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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Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <mrslarsnfinn@gmx.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 08:24:31 +0100
Subject: FOR Humanitarian CAUSE

New Page 1

My Dearest,
how are you today, I know this my letter might come to you as a surprise considering the fact that we have not met before, though i got your email ID from your country's guest book and prayed fervently before I took this courage to write to you, please i must apologize for any embarrassment this may caused you, My family attorney who could have handled the process of executing my WILL & TESTAMENT on my behalf died early this year after a protracted illness.

My name is Mrs. Finn Frifeldt Larsen from Denmark, 68 yrs, a widow with No Child with my late husband who died of cardiac arrest five years ago when we were living in United Kingdom where he worked as a petrochemical Engineer for 21 years with a multinational construction and oil servicing conglomerate before his demise which prompted my returning back here to my country Denmark.

Am suffering from a Long time Cancer of Breast that affected my Lung/liver. As doctors confirmed that i have less than one and half months to live. I crave your indulgence as someone who knows the pains which Cancer patients and less-privileged children in the world undergoes today. I have WILLED my US$6,370,216.00 deposit with B.C Union limited Uk to you for Charity and Humanitarian cause in your country, especially on any Cancer patients and Orphanages homes where i was raised and you keep part of the principal amount to support yourself.

Therefore i plead with you to take this Humanitarian cause upon yourself and use this fund for the above mentioned purposes, I took this pains decision in other to help humanity in my little capacity outside my country as i has also done here before i rest in peace in the bosom of Lord.

According to my physicians my time will soon be up. Reach me urgently through email:"larsenfinn@writeme.com" now for full detail to enable you communicate directly with the deposit credit union Uk for the release of the fund to you. Waiting for your prompt response. Yours sister.
Mrs. Larsen Finn Frifeldt


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