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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: "MRS. ELIZABETH GALAL" <davidjohn@aircraftmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2017 15:45:43 -0600
Subject: I just submitted a prayer request on Jesuitprayer.org

This is a message to let you know that I just submitted a prayer request onĀ JesuitPrayer.org

I asked the Jesuit Prayer Team to pray for the following: Beloveth,

I greet you in the name of God Almighty, I am Mrs. Elizabeth Mohamed Galal formerly known as Mrs. Rukan Mohamed, a widow to Late Dr. Mohamed Galal.The name Elizabeth is sequel to my newly found faith, Christianity. I am aware that this certainly an unconventional approach to starting a relationship.However, I would want you to give this proposal a good thought.

I crave your most desired indulgence. I am suffering from cancer my condition is really deteriorating and is quite obvious that I may not live long because the cancer stage is very severe my late husband died in an air crash on the 31st October 1999 in an Egyptian airline Boeing 990 with other passengers on board. You can confirm this fact from the website which was aired by the BBC Worldnews: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm and my only son Nasim died with his father in this same crash.

My late husband was very wealthy and after his death, I inherited all his business and wealth. My personal physician told me that I may not live for so long and I am so scared about this. So, I adopted the attitude of giving, by contributing to the well being of less privileged people in the society like America, Canada, Africa, Europe and Asian Countries. I understand my request of you is no doubt is tasking. I selected you for this purpose and prayed over it.
I am willing to donate the sum of Eight Million United States Dollars (US$8,000,000.00) to you for the development of the well being of handicapped in the society and also as aids for the less privileged around your country, and I have mapped out One Million, Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$1,200.000.00)for your own personal use to help me! for this work which will stand for logistic and your compensation. The fund i budgeted for this project is with a security company in the UK. Therefore immediate application for Change of Beneficiary in order to make you the beneficiary of the fund will be put in place immediately I confirm your acknowledgement to do this.

Please, do not reply me if you have the intention of using this fund for personal use, than enhancement of the comfort of the Handicapped.Lastly, I want you/your home to be praying for me as regards to my entire!life and my health because I have come to find out since my spiritual birth lately that wealth acquisition without God one's life is vanity upon vanity.

I will like you to know that this money is not in A bank but in A trunk box with a security company and the security company does not know that is money as my late husband deposited it as family belongings.

The security company told me that no customs in the world will open the trunk box because it will be shipped to your door step through diplomatic shipment and the trunk box will have a NO-INSPECTION CUSTOMS DIPLOMATIC TAG which means it can not be open or check by any customs

My late husband have already paid for the storage and deposit charges when he deposited the box of money with the security company, you may have to help only for the cost of diplomatic service shipment to your address I hope there will be utmost confidence in this transaction?

I will like you to send your full details using the e-mail of Mr. David davidjohn@aircraftmail.com a good friend of my husband

1.your full name
2.Telephone number and fax number
3.your work and address were you will like them to ship this trunk box to
4.Your Age

Without much hesitation,i will like you to confirm to me your contact information to help me prepare a letter of Authorization to the Security Company instructing them to proceed in making the release of the Trunk Box containing the funds to you as my next of kin which a copy will also be forwarded to you. I will also forward to you the certificate of deposit which was issued to my late husband on the day of deposit for your confirmation.

I may not be often communicating with you due to my present health situation because this messages that i have been writing to you was by the assistance of the sister nurse who God purposely used for assisting me here in the hospital,please always commit her in your daily prayers as you do to me.

Shalom
Mrs.Elizabeth Mohamed Galal

The Jesuit Prayer Team will be responding to my request personally, and you will get a copy of their reply.

You can send a prayer request of your own by visiting JesuitPrayer.org

Blessings,

MRS. ELIZABETH GALAL

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