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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: =?UTF-8?Q?Mrs_Carl_Dora?= <mrscarld3@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 13:53:39 +0000
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?DEAR_Beloved_Inchrist=2c_Can_You_Handle_It=3f?=

DEAR Beloved,

I'm Carl Dora



PLEASE ENDEAVOR TO USE IT FOR THE CHILDREN OF GOD. I am the above named per
son. I am married to Dr. Donald Carl A LIBERIAN but I'm now in Nigerian Gen
eral HOSPITAL taking treatment for my sickness, my husband worked with U.S
embassy in LIBERIAN for nine years and also has an Engineering Company in N
igeria before he died in the year 2003, before his died in the year 2003 We
were married for twenty years without a child, and i was brought up in mot
herless babies home in Australia before i married to him, am From Australia
before i married to My husband who is from Liberia. He died after a brief
illness that lasted for only four days. Before his death we were both born
again Christians. Since his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child
outside my matrimonial home because of the love both of us share.

When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of$8.5 Million (Eight M
illion five hundred thousand U.S.Dollars) with A Bank Presently, this money
is still under the safe keeping of the Reserve SECURITY COMPANY Recently,
my Doctor told me that I would not last for the next five months due to my
cancer problems.

Though what disturbs me most is my stroke .Having known my condition, I dec
ided to donate this fund to church or better still a Christian or Muslim in
dividual That will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct here i
n. I want a church or individual that will use this fund on, orphanages and
widows propagating the word of God and to ensure that the house of God is
maintained. The Bible made us to understand that blessed is the hand that g
iveth. I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inheri
t this money and my husband relatives are not Christians and I don't want m
y husband's hard earned money to be misused by unbelievers. I don't want a
situation where this money will be used in an ungodly manner. Hence the rea
son for taking this bold decision.

I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am go
ing to 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 don't need any telephone commun
ication in this regard because of my health because of the presence of my h
usband's relatives around me always. I don't want them to know about this d
evelopment. With God all things are possible. As soon as I receive your rep
ly I forward your personal information, such as your full name, your full a
ddress, with telephone and fax number to my lawyer so that he will contact
you as the legal owner of my fund before the bank will be transferring the
fund into your nominated Bank Account in your country.

I will also issue you a letter of a authority that will back you up as the
real next of kin and the original- beneficiary of my fund. I want you and t
he church to always pray for me because the lord is my shepherd,you will al
so promise me that you will not seat on the fund when it gets into your ban
k account. My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian. Whoev
er that wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and truth. Please
always be prayerful all through your life, any delay in your reply will giv
e me room in searching for a church or Christian individual for this same p
urpose. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein.




Hoping to hear from you as soon as possible.



Remain blessed.

Yours in Christ,

Mrs Carl Dora

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