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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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Fraud email example:

From: "MRS TINA KIM" <mrstinakim_222@anpmall.net>
Reply-To: <mrstinakim1@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 02:51:22 +0930
Subject: My beloved

Mrs. Tina Kim
Kementerian Dalam Negeri,
Jalan Dato' Onn, 50546 Kuala
Lumpur,
Malaysia.
My beloved ,
I am the above named person from Malaysia. I am
married to Dr. Peter Kim who worked with Australia
embassy in BRAZIL for nine years before he died in the
year 2003.
We were married for eleven years without a child. He
died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before his
death we were muslims.Since his death I decided not to re-marry or
get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is against.
When mylate husband was alive he deposited the sum of $20.5Million
Twenty Million five hundred thousand U.S. Dollars) in
a finance/security company. Presently, this money is still with the
Security Company.
Recently, my Doctor told me that I would not last for
the next three months due to cancer problem.
Though what disturbs me most is my stroke. Having
known my condition I decided to donate this fund to charitable
organisation or better still a christian individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct here in. I want an organisation or individual that will use this to fund churches, orphanages and widows propagating the word of God and to ensure that the house of God is maintained.

The Bible made us to understand that Blessed is the hand that giveth.
I took this decision because I don't have any child
that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are not
Christians and I don t want my husband's hard earned money to be misused by unbelievers. I don't want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly manner, hence the reason for taking this bold decision. I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bossom of the Lord.
Exodus 14 VS 14 says that the lord will fight my case
and I shall hold my peace. I don t need any telephone communication in
this regard because of my health,and because of the presence of my
husband's relatives around me always. I don t want them to know about
this development. With God all things are possible. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Finance/Security Company.

I will also issue you a letter of authority that will empower you as
the original-beneficiary of this fund.I want you and the church to always pray for me because the lord is my shepherd. My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian.
Whoever that wants to serve the Lord must serve him in
spirit and truth. Please always be prayerful all through your
life.Any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing
for a church or christian individual for this same purpose. Please
assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein. Hoping to
hear from you.PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH ME ON THIS E-MAIL ADDRESS:(
mrstinakim1@yahoo.com.hk )
Remain blessed in the name of the Lord.
Yours in Christ,
Mrs Tina Kim.



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