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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: Mrs Grace Godwood <g.aaaa001@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsg.godwood@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 01:04:31 -0800
Subject: GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY(DON'T IGNORE THIS)

Hellos My Beloved Friend

Greetings in the name of God, Pls let this not sound strange to you for my
only surviving lawyer who would have done this died early this year; I am
Mrs. Grace Godwood from Germany, I am 58 years old, I am suffering from a
long time cancer of the breast which also affected my brain, from all
indication my conditions is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious
that, according to my doctors they have advised me that i may not live for
the next two months, this is because the cancer stage has gotten to a very
bad stage.

I was brought up from a motherless babies home was married to my late
husband for twenty years without a child ,my husband died in a fatal motor
accident Before his death we were true believers. Since his death I
decided not to re-marry, I sold all my inherited belongings and deposited
all the sum of 2.6M dollars with a Bank.

Presently, this money is still with them and the management just wrote me
as the true owner to come forward to receive the money for keeping it so
long or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on
my behalf since I can not come over because of my illness or they get it
confiscated.

Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital here in London where I have
been undergoing treatment for cancer of the lungs. My doctors have told me
that I have only a few months to live. It is my last wish to see that this
money is invested to any organization of your choice and distributed each
year among the charity organization, the poor and the
motherless babies home.

I want a God fearing person who will use this money to fund churches,
orphanages and widows, I took this decision before i rest in peace because
my time will so on be up.
As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Bank. I
will also issue you a letter of authority that will prove you as the new
beneficiary of my fund. Send me your full name and your contact
address.Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein.

Please contact me through my private email contact:
mrsg.godwood@gmail.comas soon as possible.

Hoping to hear from you soon.

Waiting for your reply

Yours in Christ,

Mrs. Grace Godwood

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