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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: Saloch Jose <jsalochjose@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <salochjoes@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 16:38:37 +0000
Subject: Dear in Christ Jesus.

Dear in Christ Jesus.

Greetings to you in the wonderful name
of the only Lord and Savior Jesus Christ . God's grace , peace and love
be with you to your departure and your coming in through Jesus Christ
our Lord . Amen .

My name is Mrs . Saloch Jose ; Origin of
Kuwait , I am married to the late Mr. Ahmad Jose , who worked with
Kuwait embassy here in Cote D' ivoire for nine years before he died in
2011 .

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 both born again Christian . Since his death I decided not
to remarry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is
against . When my husband was alive he left the sum of seven million
five hundred thousand dollars ( $ 7.5 million ) in a general trust
account with a bank here in Abidjan , Cote d' Ivoire and oest Á f ric a ,
re cently after my health my doctor told me that I would not last for
the next eight months due to my cancer problem .

He told me that
in the next two months , will be a spread of this cancer to the bones
and I will not live again , what disturbs me most is my stroke sickness .
Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to a Christian
individual and the organization or church that I know might need it and
that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein
according to the desire of my late husband before his death .

Presently,
this money is still with the bank . I want this fund to be used for
activities such as work release , to help pastors families , orphanages ,
less privileged in society and Christian schools , poor people in their
midst and even maintenance of churches and ap pr opagar alavra of God
and strive it is the house of God is maintained . I took this decision
because I do not have any child that will inherit this money and my
husband relatives are not Christians and I do not want my husband's
efforts to be used by unbelievers . I do not want a situation where this
money will be used in an ungodly way. That is why I am taking this
decision .

The Bible made ​​us to understand that " Blessed is
the hand that gives . " I'm not afraid of death hence I know where I'm
going . I know I'll be in the bosom of the Lord . Exodus 14 vs 14 says
that "the Lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace I do not
need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health .
With God all things are possible.

As soon as I receive your
reply I shall give you the contact of the bank for you to contact them
directly for transfer ubsequente s . I will also issue you a c arta of
the utoridad and that will prove that the present beneficiary of my
funds . I want you and your family to always pray for me because the
Lord is my shepherd . My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy
Christian. He who desires to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and
truth .

Please always be prayerful all your life , any delay in
your reply will give me room in sourcing another person for this same
purpose . Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated
herein . I'm waiting for your reply soon .

Blessed rest in the Lord .

Yours in Christ ,
Mrs . Saloch Jose.

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