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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: veronica hacha <veronica_hacha01@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: veronica4christlove@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 02:43:16 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: My Lordship/Friend,



My Lordship/Friend,
Calvary greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, I am former Mrs
Veronica Danjuma, now Mrs Veronica Hacha, a widow to Late Mr Danjuma
Chris,I
am 72years old, I am now a new Christian convert,suffering from long
time
cancer of the breast. From all indications, my condition is really
deteriorating and is quite obvious that I may not live more than six
months, because the cancer stage has gotten to a very severe stage.
My late husband was killed during the Gulf war, and during the period
of our
marriage we had a son who was also killed in a cold blood during the
Gulf
war. My late husband was very wealthy and after his death, I inherited
all
his business and wealth. My personal physician told me that I may not
live
for more than six months and I am so scared about this. So, I now
decided to
divide part of this wealth, by contributing to the development of
evangelism
in Africa, America, Europe and Asian Countries.This mission which will
no
doubt be tasking had made me to recently relocated to Nigeria, Africa
where
I live presently. I selected your church after visiting the website for
this
purpose and prayed over it, I am willing to donate the sum of
$3,000,000.00
Million US Dollars to your Church/Ministry for the development of
evangelism and also as aids for the less privileged around you.
Please note that, this fund is lying in a Security Company in Holland
and
the company has branches, therefore my lawyer will file an immediate
application for the transfer of the money in the name of your ministry.
Please, do reply me if you have the intention of using this fund
for
personal use other than enhancement of evangelism. Lastly, I want
you/your
ministry to be praying for me as regards my entire life and my health
because I have come to find out since my spiritual birth lately that
wealth
acquisition without Jesus Christ in one's life is vanity upon vanity.
If you
have to die says the Lord, keep fit and I will give you the crown of
life.
May the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the sweet
fellowship of the Holy Spirit be
with you. I await your urgent reply.
Yours in Christ
Mrs veronica hacha,
Christ Live Church,
Bodija, Lagos, Nigeria.
"To her [Mary] I entrust you,
that the New Woman,
Mother of the Church and of the New Humanity,
may be your inspiration in the discovery
of a new feminine identity in the Gospel perspective."
- John Paul II, Sept. 4, 1988.


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