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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: "CHRISTIANA ALAMIN" <ahopechurch@dygo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: chalamin@mail2consultant.com
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 02:19:23 +0100
Subject: SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY

Breathren,

Calvary greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, I am former
Mrs
Litoma mohammed alamin, now Mrs Christiana Alamin, a widow to Late Sheik
Mohammed Alamin, I am 62years old, I am now a new Christian convert,
suffering from long time cancer of the breast. From all indications,
my
condition is really deteriorating and is quite obvious that I may not
live
more than six months, because the cancer stage has gotten to a very
severe stage.

My late husband was killed during the Gulf war, and during the period
of our marriage we had a son who was also killed in a cold blood
during
the Gulf war. 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 more than six months and I am so scared about
this. So, I now decided to divide part of this wealth, by
contributing to
the development of evangelism in Africa, America, Europe and Asian
Countries. This mission which will no doubt be tasking had made me to
recently relocated to Nigeria, Africa where I live presently. I
selected your
church after visiting the website for this purpose and prayed over
it,
I am willing to donate the sum of $10.000,000.00 Million US Dollars
to
your Church/Ministry via you for the development of evangelism and also as
aids for the less privileged around you.

Please note that, this fund is lying in a Security Company in
my country and the company has branches, therefore my lawyer will
file an immediate application for the transfer of the money in the
name of your ministry. Please, do not reply me if you have the
intention of using this funds for personal use other than enhancement
of evangelism.

Lastly, I want you/your ministry to be praying for me as regards my
entire life and my health because I have come to find out since my
spiritual birth lately that wealth acquisition without Jesus Christ
in one's life is vanity upon vanity. If you have to die says the
Lord, keep fit and I will give you the crown of life.

May the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the
sweet
fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you. I await your urgent reply and you
can confirm this from my attorney on 234-80-34387446

Yours in Christ,
Mrs Christiana Alamin.
4A George Close
Zaria, Nigeria.




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