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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: "dora juliet" <dora_juliet@tiscali.it>
Reply-To: d_juliet1@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:42:53 -0800
Subject: Read And Reply

From: Evang Mrs Dora Juliet
# London Ukingdom.
SUBJECT:FAITH OF DONATION.
Beloved In Christ,
PLEASE ENDEAVOUR TO USE IT
FOR
GOD.
Calvary greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, I am Mrs Dora Juliet,
a widow to Late Dr. Sheik Collins I am 70years old, I am now a new
Christian onvert,suffering from long time cancer of the breast.
From all indications, my condition is serious and according to my
doctor
it is quite obvious that I may not survive the sickness,although as a
christain,I
beleive God and I know that I will not die,I will leave to declare the
glory of God. My late husband and my only son was killed during the
Ogoni
Crisis and I am presently Leaving alone.Our Lord Jesus Christ is my
comforter.My
late husband was very wealthy we have a lot of properties including
Shares
and houses.After the death of my husband,I made up my mind to travel
abroad
to leave the rest of my life and continue to do the work of God as a
missionary.
I called our lawyer and I instructed him to sell all my husbands
properties
and shares to enable me raise some money to contiue my mission.The
lawyer
sold the Shares and some of the properties and I was able to raise the
sum
of($12,000,000.00(TwelveMillion US Dollars)The
fund
is in cash,for the safety of the fund, till am able to travel out,I deposited
it with a Security Company.
Presently,all the documents concerning the funds are with my
lawyer.Now
that my sickness has gone to this stage,I am scared and I want the fund
to be used for the work of God all over the world. I have prayed and I
told
God to direct me to an honest christan who will receive this fund and
utilise
it for things that will glorify the name of God. After my prayers I searched
the internet
and I saw your information's which impresed me to contact you,
Please if
you are interested in using this fund for the work of God i.e charity
homes,
less priviledge and the motherless baby home. Please reply so that I
can give
you the contact of my lawyer that will put you through on how
to receive the funds from the security company. Hoping to hear from
you soon.

Remain blessed in the name of the Lord.

Yours in Christ,

Mrs. Dora Juliet


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