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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: christine.james1@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 00:39:46 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=20DIVINE=20REQUST?=


Home Address:
Mrs.Christine.James
3A Mohammed Avenue
p.o.box.25431-KW.
safat Kuwait.

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, I am former Mrs. Aisha James,
now Christine .James, a widow to late Sheik Mohammed James,Iam 74 years
old, I am now a new Christian convert suffering from long time cancer of
the breast, from all indications, that my condition is really deteriorating
and is quite obvious that I wont live more than seven months,because
the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage. My late husband was killed
during the Gulf War, and during the period of our marriage we couldn't produce
any child.

My late husband was very wealthy and after his death, I inherited all his
business and wealth.The doctor has advised me that I may not live for more
than seven months,so I now decided to divide part of this wealth, to contribute
to the development of the church in Africa, America and Europe and also
to varios individuals and companies of my choice.

I selected some organisation's after visiting the website and I prayed over
it,Iam willing to donate the sum of $5,000,000.00 Million US Dollars to
your organisation for the development of the church and also for the less
privileged.

Please I want you to note that, this fund is currently in a security / Finance
company in Europe.In that situation my lawyer will file in approval applications
to enable you to claim your donation via the security company.

Lastly I honestly pray that this money when transferred will be used for
the said purpose, because I have come to find out that wealth acquisition
without Christ is vanity upon vanity.

May the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, The love of God, and the fellowship
of the Holy Spirit be with us all forever and ever (Amen).

I await your urgent reply while I need your constant prayers.

Mrs Christine James.




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