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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: "THERESA WALTERS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <theresawalters1965@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 18:06:30 +0400
Subject: God Be With You..

God Be With You..
As you are going through this, i don't want you to feel bad for the
sake of my condition because i have this strong believe that everybody
will be dead someday. My name is Teresa j. Walters, i was born on
November 24, 1965, i am a widow, was working in New Mexico but
currently receiving treatment in Cary, North Carolina. I have been
diagnosed with Swine flu which was not discovered early due to my
laziness in taking care of my health. Before this time, i am disable
because i have cancer of the brain making hearing and speaking very
difficult to me. All the efforts of the doctors to revive me has been
to no avail and right now, i have just a few weeks to live according
to medical professionals. I have not really lived my life so well
because i never cared for anybody despite my wealth, all i ever cared
for was my business and investments as that was the only thing i cared
for. Now i regret everything because i now know that life is not all
about properties and wealth. Now that i am about to leave this world,
i believe that it would be the call of God only if i realized and
correct my past mistakes. I have given most of my wealth to friends
and relatives. I have always wished that God should be merciful to me
which is the reason why i have decided to give arms to charity
organization and the less privileged in the society even if it would
be one of the good thing i do before i leave this earth.My health has
gone worse and i cannot do this on my own anymore, i remember that i
once asked members of my family to do this for me but they took
absolute advantage of my wealth and my health situation. I am looking
for a God fearing Person who can help me accomplished my wish before i
leave this earth.. Please if you are Good person do kindly get back to
me so that i can give you more details.

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