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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: "Rev. Father Paul.K Solomon" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <reverenedfatherks1956@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:34:42 +0200
Subject: FOR THIS REASON YOU WERE CALLED

Greetings,

My name is Reverend Father Paul K. Solomon a missionary who lives in Northern Ireland UK

I am diagnosed of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) and recently, my Doctor told me that I may not last for the next Three Months due to the damage this cancer has done to my body.

Being led by the Holy Spirit to entrust my estate to a total stranger as I have gone against my vow by acquiring such wealth

I have decided to entrust my entire estate worth 8M (Eight Million British Pounds Only) deposited with a Finance Firm In London, to you

Please make sure that you use this fund to the glory of God, as this is a divine call to humanity do reply with YOUR NAMES, BILING ADDRESS, AGE AND CONTACT NUMBERS, to revfr001@me.com, so that I can make my lawyer put your name to the will for the fund

God bless you
Reverend Father Paul K. Solomon
revfr001@me.com

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