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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 Anita Wolfgang" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <Anitawellz@Gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 19:02:16 -0000
Subject: BUSINESS ASSISTANCE

Urgent Assistance.
    
Hello dear,
   
My name is Mrs Anita Wolfgang from Lebanon married to Engr. Oliver Wolfgang a German citizen who worked with El Seif Engineering Contracting Company Saudi Arabia for Twenty three Years before he died in the year 2002. We are married without any children. My late husband died after a brief illness that lasted for two months. Since after his death, I decided get a child outside my matrimonial home and presently am 64years old. Although we have not met before, I got your email address from Google, and my confidence reposed on you.
     
My dear the reason I am contacting you is because when my late husband was alive, he deposited the sum of GBP#2 Million Pounds with Novo Bank Limited, Bristol England. The funds are still with the Bank and the management of Bank have contacted me to come forward to receive my late husband fund or have the account confiscated. But due to my health condition and life status at this moment, I do not want this fund as I see no need for it but I can authorize someone I trust to receive this fund on my behalf.
     
I have a deadly disease on my Lungs called Lung & Bronchus CANCER and from doctor indications my condition is really deteriorating and is quite obvious that my death is very close to me as I can see my life quickly ebbing away. The stage is worst more than six months now and I have been hospitalized which affected my ability to talk. I am an orphan, no Parents, brother or sisters but my country home origin is Lebanon where my late husband and I met. We were working in the same construction company in Lebanon before my late husband was posted and transferred to Saudi Arabia, which I relocated with him. Due to my poor health condition and based on doctors report, am scared that my life is almost at the end.
    
My dear, please I want you to help me receive this GBP#2 Million from Novo Bank Limited, Bristol England and distribute 80% of the funds to orphanages home in Lebanon and in Germany for the happiness of my late husband and I, when my spirit shall go to rest while you take 20% of the fund as your reward. I took this decision because I have no child to inherit the fund and my wish has been to donate the fund to orphanages home in Lebanon and in Germany.
     
Are you willing to help me? If I receive your reply, I will give you the website of the Bank and I will contact the bank and inform them that you are the person I have assigned to receive this fund for me and they will release the fund to you. This is 100% safe. It is my fund and I want to donate it to orphanages home. You do not need to visit the Bank in UK to receive the fund. The Bank will wire the fund to your bank account.
       
Meanwhile, any delay in your reply will give me room to contact another person for this same purpose.
        
I am waiting for your prompt reply and wish you will put me in your prayers hence forth. Please contact me on my direct email address: Anitawellz@Gmail.com   
       
I am waiting for your reply.
            
Thanks and God bless you.
         
Mrs Anita Wolfgang.

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