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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: marybuma1@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 04:55:48 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?YOUR=20URGENT=20ASSISTANT=20IS=20HIGHLY=20NEEDED?=

Nafeeza
Lezena
Karen
Hasib
Nasir
...................................................................................



From Ms Mary Buma


Dear Brethren,

I am the above named person. I am married to Dr. Kazeem Koffi Buma, the
owner of kazeem oil service company in west Africa, my husband died in the
year 2001. We were married for eleven years without a child. He died after
a brief illness that lasted for only four days.

Before his death we were both born again Christians, Since his death I decided
not to re marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home, which the Bible
is against. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of $12 Million
(Twelve Million U.S. Dollars with a Reserve Bank here. Presently, this money
is still under the safe keeping of the Reserve bank here in West Africa
Recently, my Doctor told me that I would not last for the next three months
due to my cancer problems.

Having known my condition, I decided to donate this fund to church or to
a good Christian individual that will utilize this money the way I am going
to instruct herein.

I want a church that will use this fund on orphanages and widows propagating
the word of God and to ensure that the house of God is maintained The Bible
made us to understand that blessed is the hand that grivet I took this decision
because I don' T have any child that will inherit this money and my husband's
relatives are not Christians and I don't want my husbands hard earned money
to be misused by unbelievers. I don' t want a situation where this money
will be used in an ungodly manner. Hence the reasons for taking this bold
decision. I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going I know
that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says that
the lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace. I don? t need any
telephone communication in this regard because of my health, since my husbands
relatives are
always around me.

I don't want them to know about this development. With God all things are
possible. As soon as I receive your reply I will forward your personal information
to the Reserve Bank here so that they will contact you as the legal owner
of this fund before transferring the fund into your nominated Bank Account
in your country. I will also
issue you a letter of authority that will empower you as the original-beneficiary
of this
fund. I want you and the church to always pray for me because the lord is
my shepherd. My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian.
Whoever that
wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and truth. Please always
be prayerful all through your life.

Delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing for a church or a good
Christian individual for this same purpose.

Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein. Hoping
to hear from you as soon as possible.

Remain blessed in the name of the Lord.

Yours in Christ,

Ms Mary Buma





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