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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 <dexdc_yp2d@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Saloch Jose <salochjoes@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 20:47:14 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dear in Christ Jesus.


Dear in Christ Jesus.

Greetings to you in the wonderful name of the only Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ. The grace of God, peace and love be with you for your output and
your coming in the middle of Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

My name is Mrs.  Saloch Jose; Origin of Kuwait, I'm married to the late
Mr. Ahmad Jafri, who worked with Kuwait Embassy in Cote d'Ivoire for nine
years before he died in the year 2013.

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 marital 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 trust account with a bank here in Abidjan, Cote
d'Ivoire oest and ric, re f will recently, 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 2 months, will be a differential of this type
of cancer to the bones and I'm not going to live again, what disturbs me
most is my stroke sickness. Having known my condition I decided to donate
this Fund to a Christian single, and the organization or church I know I
might need it and which will utilize this money the way I am going to
instruct here according to the desire of my late husband before his
death.

Currently this money is still with the Bank. I want this Fund to be used
in work activities as liberation, aid to pastors families, orphanages,
under-privileged in society and Christian schools, poor people in their
midst and to maintenance of churches and for pr opagar the p word d and
God and endeavor that the House of God is maintained. I took this
decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and
my husband relatives are not Christians and I don't want my husband's
efforts to be used by unbelievers. I don't want a situation where this
money will be used in an ungodly way. That's why I'm 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 Lord. Exodus 14 vs 14 says that the Lord will fight my case and I
shall hold my peace I don't 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 directly with them to transfer s ubsequente. I will
also send you a detailed map of the utoridad and that will prove that the
recipient of my gift back. 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. That you want to serve the Lord must serve him in
spirit and truth.

Please be in prayer for his entire life, any delay in your reply will
give me room in sourcing another person for this same purpose. Please
make sure that you will act accordingly as I stated here. I am waiting
for your reply soon.

Rest blessed in the Lord.

Yours in Christ,
Mrs. Saloch Jose.

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