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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: "Nura El' Mosawi" <iwb23456789@gmail.com>
Reply-To: nemosawi@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2016 09:25:23 +0200
Subject: FYI



Dear Beloved.

It is by the grace of God that I received Christ, having known the
truth, I had no choice than to do what is lawful and just in the sight
of God for eternal life and in the sight of man for witness of God &
His Mercies and glory upon my life.

I am Nura El' Mosawi, the wife of Mr. Adel Ali Bin El' Mosawi, my
husband was a big time merchant in Kenya and most part of the Northern
Africa region before he died in the year 2003.We were married for ten
years without a child. My Husband died after a brief illness that
lasted for only four days. Before his death we both got born-again and
dedicated Christians.
Since his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my
matrimonial home which the Bible is strongly against.When my late
husband was alive he deposited the sum of US$7.5 Million.(Seven
Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S.Dollars) with a Holding Firm in
Europe. Presently, this money is still with the Holding firm and the
management just wrote me as the beneficiary that our account has been
DORMANT and if I, as the beneficiary of the funds, do not re-activate
the account; the funds will be CONFISCATED or I rather issue a letter
of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf (note that you
need to activate this account) as I can not come over. Presently, I'm
in a hospital in RSA where I have been undergoing treatment for
esophageal cancer. I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors
have told me that I have only a few weeks to live. It is my last wish
to see this money distributed to charity organizations anywhere in the
World.
Because relatives and friends have plundered so much of my wealth
since my illness, I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge
responsibility to any of them. Please, I beg you in the name of God to
help me Stand-in as the beneficiary and collect the Funds from the
Holding Firm.

I want a person that is God-fearing who will use this money to fund
churches, 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 giveth. I took this decision
because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and my
husband's relatives are not good people and I don't want my husband's
hard earned money to be mis-used by unbelievers and people who don't
have good intentions towards the less privilege or using the funds for
an ungodly manner. Hence the reason for taking this bold decision. I
am not afraid of death since I know where I am going to. I know that I
am going to be in the bosom of the Almighty{Exodus14 VS14} 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 soundless
voice and presence of my husband's relatives around me always.
I don't want them to know about this development.

With Almighty all things are possible.

BELOVED ONE REPLY TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL: nemosawi@hotmail.com
Your Sister,

Nura El' Mosawi.

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