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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: ROSARY THOMPSON <ro.thompson@laposte.net>
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 16:41:54 +0100
Subject: Greetings in the name of almighty God, EX 14 VS 14

Greetings in the name of almighty God, EX 14 VS 14

I want to begin by thanking God alamighty for his infinite mercy and his grace
opportunity to meet thgrough this medium,i know you will be suprise to see this
letter
but i use this medium becuase it is the easiest and fast way to reach you.Please
pardon
me if this letter did not meet you in your good mode and treat it with utmost
confident
and secreacy.

I am Mrs Rosary Thompson From Republic Du Benin married with Dr Leonard Thompson both
of
us where devoted christians and work as Government functionaries here in Benin
Republic.I
am looking for a reliable christian person or organisation i will entrust $5.5
million
dollars for spreading of Gospel of Jesus Christ and helping of poor people in the
sociaty due to my health condition.I was a cerncer woman but what pains me now was
the
recent stroke.
I take this bold decission because i did not have any child for my husband and my
husband
relatives where muslim ,they have squandered my husband wealth and properties even
throw
me out of my husband’s house due to feltiesh religion that i have no child that will
inherit those things.

So my dear beloved in the lord,i am contacting you so that you will use this money
which
my husband deposited before he died in the year 2001 because the bank has called me
for
this money and i want it to be used in spreading chriaitanity and help poor people
around.

If you know that you will not betray this trust i am about to give you now please
reply
me back to have the autorisation from me to recieve this money so that you will use
it
accordingly as i above instructed.

Waiting your reply in good faith and may the almighty God give you more inspiration
on
this and be bless.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs Rosary Thompson

BP 144 SEGBEYA AKPKPA COTONOU-BENIN
Tel +2299981544
Email:rosarythompson123@yahoo.in

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