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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: anitamax@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 04:57:45 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Beloved=20In=20Christ=2C?=

Dearly Beloved In Christ,
Calvary greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, I
am former
Mrs.Max rondoni RICHARD, now Mrs.ANITA MAXWELL, a widow to
Late
Rondoni HEN. I am 70 years old. I am now a new Christian
convert,
from long time cancer of the breast,From all indications,
my condition
is serious and is quite obvious that I may not live more
than six
months, because the cancer stage has gotten to a very
severe state and
my doctor has told me this. 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 cold blood during the Gulf war.
My late husband was very wealthy and after his death, I
inherited all
his business and wealth. As my doctor told me that I may
not live for
more than six months, I am so scared about this. So, I now
decided to
divide part of the inherited wealth, by contributing to the
development of evangelism in the world. This mission, which
will no
doubt be
tasking had made me to recently relocate to Nigeria, Africa
where I
live presently. I selected you after browsing the Internet
for this
purpose and prayed over it. I am willing to donate the sum
of
US$9,000,000.00 (NINE Million USD) to you for the
development of
evangelism and also as aids for the less privilegedaround
you.
Please note that this fund is lying with a Security Company
and my
family Lawyer will file an immediate application for the
transfer of
the money in your name. Please, do not reply me if you have
the
intention of using this fund for personal use.
Lastly, I want you and your church to keep praying for me
regarding
my health because I have come to find out since my
spiritual birth
recently 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 now and
forever more.
I await your urgent reply.
your can all so respond to this altanitive email:bk_m25@yahoo.com
Yours in Christ.
ANITA MAXWELL (Mrs.)
32, M.K.O.Abiola Crescent,
Victoria Garden City (V.G.C)
Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.




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