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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: "Sharma Alika" <mme001@msn.com>
Reply-To: mrs_sharmaalika@yahoo.de
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 16:26:02 +0000
Subject: God bless you.

Beloved In Christ,

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. I am Mrs Sharma Alika,a
widow to Late Chief Mark Alika. Am 69 years old and a new Christian
convert,suffering from long time cancer of the blood (Leukaemia)
According to my doctor my condition is critical and I might not
survive. Although as a christian,I beleive God and I know that I will not
die,but will
live to declare the glory of God. My late husband and my only son were
killed
during the Ogoni Crisis some years back and Our Lord Jesus Christ is my
only comforter.

I have the sum of Five million,five hundred thousand US Dollars ($5.5m)
The fund is presently deposited with a financial company for security
reasons and all the documents concerning the fund are in the custody of
my lawyer. I inherited the money from my late husband who was an
industralist and international businessman.

I have prayed concerning this donation for God's guidance and if in
your heart you geniunely and faithfully desire to use this fund for the
propagation of God's work in any form whether for charity, ministry,
evangelical work or otherwise in relation to God's work,do get back to
me for further arrangements with my lawyer on how you will receive my
donation.

God bless you once again and as you receive,give God all the Glory.

Regards and God bless you.

Mrs Sharma Alika.



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