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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: rev ph <revph1957@msn.com>
Reply-To: <revphugoh11@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 16:17:39 +0000
Subject: READ ABOUT THIS DONATION AND RESPOND




Dear Beloved In Christ,



May God be with you and richly bless you as you read this without prejudice. Amen! I am Rev Philip Ugo from Senegal To the Glory of God, I was priviledged to be a close friend and confidant to a late brother in Christ Arcbishop william Steve who worked tirelessly both in his private life and in the service of God in his lifetime before his devine call. May his soul rest in perfect peace. Amen! However, in all my association with this late brother and friend, this revelation and the object of this mail was never made known to me because the late Arcbishop william Steve lived a very disciplined life in Nigeria where his ministry based. Besides, He was wealthy before he went into ministry and adequately provided for his family and also cared for people who were opportuned to come in close contact with him. However, shortly before his call to eternal Glory, he had summoned me to his sick bed and mandated me to carry out his last wishes as a trusted friend and confidant.



I promised without knowing what he was about to say at that moment, I believed he was not going to die. Well, he told me that he had $1.2Million (One Million Two Hundred United States Dollars) which he intended to be used for charity, ministry, evangelical work , but did not want his immediate family to know about this for fear of subversion of his promise and pledge to God.



Therefore you must keep this donation very confidential to avoid Unbelievers not to mislead you, Furthermore, Arch Bishop Williams then prayed for me and blessed me trusting that I would not subvert his pledge to God. Before he died, he gave me information concerning the fund and what I will do. With all due respect to him, I waited for the completion of the burial rites and mourning and other sundry matters concerning him before proceeding to reach you. I have prayed concerning this issue for God's guidance and if in your heart you geniunely desire to use this sum of$1.2Million (One Million Two Hundred United States Dollars) which he left and instructed me to donate Abroad for the propagation of God's work in any form wether for charity, business that can Glorify Gods name , evangelical work or otherwise in relation to God's work, so if you can utilize this fund for God's work so reply back to me and let us pray together over this before we can make further arrangements. God bless you

once again and as you receive this and please give God all the Glory.



Finally, remember to forward to me your Full Names Telephone and Fax numbers to communicate with you and to send to you all the documents required for this to succesively materialize.You are blessed in Christ Jesus.



Yours In His Devotion And Service

Rev Philip





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