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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: "MRSRMI HARLEY" <mrsremi@tiscali.it>
Reply-To: remi_2004@outgun.com
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 17:51:49 +0100
Subject: DONATION.

My Lordship/Friend,

Calvary greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ, I am Mrs Remi Harley,now a widow to Late
Garret Harley.I am 70years
old woman,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 i visited a Gospel
Journal
for
this purpose and prayed over it, I am willing to
donate the sum of $3.000,000.00
Million US Dollars to your Church/Ministry 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 Holland,
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 fund 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 us.

I await your utmost Response.
Yours in Christ,
Mrs.Remi Harley.

Christ Live Church,Felele Oyo,Nigeria.


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