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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: "kumaru ukuka" <kumaruu2@gmail.com>
Reply-To: kumaruu1@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:04:32 +0100
Subject: THE LORD IS GOOD.


PLEASE REPLY TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL BOX:sophiahet1@yhoo.fr

Mrs Sophia Heaton (JP)
12 Alnwick Road
Nairobi
Republic of Kenya


GOD IS THE ULTIMATE GIVER!

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
I am former Mrs.Fatima Setia Larsen, now Mrs Sophia
Heaton (JP),

A widow to the Late Sheik Mohammed Heaton, I am 73
years old, I am now a new Christian convert,suffering from
long timecancer of the breast. From all indications my
condition is really deteriorating and it's quite obvious that I
won't live long according to my doctors. This is because the
cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage.
My late husband was killed during the U.S raid against
terrorism in Afghanistan when he travelled to
Afghanistan to monitor an Hospital/a Humanitarian Foundation (HHF) he was
setting up for the benefit of the Afghan masses as of then, whose
majority, and 99 percent of them are muslims/ islamic scholars
and loyalists.During the period of our marriage we
couldn't produce any child. My late husband was very wealthy and after his
death ,

I inherited all his businesses and wealth, and when i
noticed that my condition is not improving rather it
gets worsen by theday i decided to divide part of this wealth, to
contribute to Charityand the development of the churches in Africa,
America, Asia and Europe.

I selected you after visiting the internet and I
prayed over it. I am willing to donate the fund to you for
charity,the less priviledged, churches,orphanages and widows,
Propagating the word of God and to ensure that the house of God is
maintained.I took this decision upon myself 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. because I have come to find out that wealth
acquisition without Christ is vanity upon vanity.
Please I want you to note that, this fund is deposited
with a Security Firm ourside Kenya for security purpose.
and upon my instruction, you will file in an application for the transfer of
the fund in your name which i registered as a gold bar
with the security company Lastly, I honestly pray that this money when
transferred will be used for the said purpose.
May the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,the love of
God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you and your
family.

Await Your Urgent Reply,any delay in your reply will
give me room in sourcing for a church, another person or
christian individual for this same purpose.

Yours in Christ.
MrsSophia Heaton (JP).

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