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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.Katrine Morgan <katrine336@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mmkatrine@w.cn
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 04:26:44 -0500
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP

My Dear Beloved one in Christ I am the above named person from Ghana; am married to late Mr. Zac Morgan . Of blessed memory who worked with Kuwait Embassy in London for nine years before he died in the year 2005. 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 born again Christians, his sudden death affected my blood pressure which ultimately led to my having a stroke attack despite that i already had hepatocellular cancer of the liver which i have been suffering from since when he was alive. My happiness is that i lived a life of a true devoted Christian, worthy of emulation. Whoever wants to serve the Lord must serve him in truth and in spirit - always being fair & sincere in all her dealings. Please always be prayerful all through your life because it is the key for an eternal life after death. Recently, my doctor told me that the induces point to the fact i may not live beyond the next three months due to my perculiar health situation. Based on that, i have decided to donate this fund to either a Christian organization or Christian individual that will utilize it the way am going to instruct here. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of$14.million (fourteen million U.S.dollars) with one of the Security Company here in Ghana. Presently, this money is still with the Security Company. Please am pleading with you in the name of almighty God, if you know that you cannot utilize this money the way am instructing you here, don’t bother to reply back to me so i can remain at peace with our creator. Am not afraid of my death because i know I will rest in the right hand side of God. Here are my instructions (1) I want you to donate $350,( three hundred & fifty thousand)to orphanages, widows & destitutes. (2) I want you to donate $300.(three hundred thousand)to any living church(es) you know that the presence of god is, that is still under construction so that they can complete the building (3) I am offering you 30% of the total sum as your fee and for your personal use. Furthermore, my problem is that I adopted a child from the orphanage home and i dont want her to surfer on earth, I adopted her because of my condition that I can not bear a child. I want you to use the rest money and take care of my only daughter, send her to a good school and buy a building for her. My only daughter is 13 years old, her name is Becky(thirteen years) when you claim the money, she will come over to your country, and please take good care of her & treat her like your own child because I don’t want her to be trained in Hindu religion. Note that as you set your mind to do this good work for me, you are only responding to the call of God who will instruct and guide you all the way through it all. I am offering you 30% of this huge sum so you can take good care of my daughter and guide her in the ways of the Lord. The holy bible emphasizes so much on goodness, and this has encouraged me to take this bold step. I personally took this decision because I don't have any grown up child that will take control of this money and my husband's relatives are new Hindu converts and I don't want our hard earned money to be misused by unbelievers. I don't want a situation where this money will be used in unholy manner. Hence the reason for taking this bold decision. I know that after death i will be with God, the most holy and the most merciful Father. I don’t need your telephone communication in this regard because of the presence of my husband's relatives around me at the hospital; I can only give you my doctor's telephone number so that once in a while, we can communicate through his phone because i trust him to keep everything within himself and away from my husband's relatives. As soon as I receive your reply I will give you the contact of the Security Company where the money is deposited. I will also issue a letter of authorization to the Security Company which will authorize you to receive the funds as an authorized next of kin to my late husband. I want you and the Christian community where you reside to always pray for me. Any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing for a Christian organization or devoted Christian for this same purpose. Until I hear from you, my dreams will rest squarely on your shoulders. May the almighty God continue to guide and protect you.Please send your direct telephone number for easier communication (in case, i may need to reach you urgently on phone). This offer most be kept secrete, because whosoever that is sowing a seed to the Lord, most be honest and keep it within him/herself. If you find this letter offensive, please ignore it and accept my apologies. Regards, Yours sister in the Lord, Mrs. Katrine Morgan

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