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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: "????Ann Deniss" <mrs.anndeniss@gmail.com>
Reply-To: infoenquiry13@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2016 02:34:58 -0800
Subject: Attention:

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Attention:, Good day,

Greetings to you, and sorry if this message came to you as a surprise.
My name is Mrs.Ann Dennis Alexander 57years old, a citizen of United
Kingdom and a business woman residing in North Carolina, USA.I am a
widow and I found your email address through my husband's internet
data (late Mr.Dennis Alexander).

I am presently admitted at the hospital suffering from cancer for more
than 2years. I have some funds deposited in a security company in
Ghana Republic which I inherited from my late husband, the amount of
Seven million Five hundred thousand United Dollars, US$7.5 Million
Dollars.I wish to know if I can trust you to use this funds to carry
out a charity project on my husbands name because this have been his
dream to start up a project on behalf of the less privileged ones
before his death.

If you are a good and honest Person i shall give you the contact of
the security company where the consignment was Deposited for you to
get in touch, for them to release the consignment to you,i will also
provide you with the Application Letter/Deposit Certificate so as to
claim my funds from the(Inter-sin Security Company) on my
behalf.before my death.if you will assure me to maintain the level of
secrecy required to receive this consignment from the security company
knowing very well that any mismanagement of information might hinder
the successful delivery of the consignment? This deal must be kept
secret forever, and all correspondence will be strictly by email, for
security purposes.

Because relatives and friends have plundered so much of my late
husband wealth since my illness, I cannot live with the agony of
entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them.

I wish you good luck and a wonderful day ahead and contact me through
my private e-mail address now ( infoenquiry13@gmail.com )

Yours in the Lord,
Mrs.Ann Dennis Alexander

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