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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: "mellisapointer17@excite.com" <mellisapointer17@terra.com.mx>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 19:13:57 +0100
Subject: Dear Beloved in Christ



Dear Beloved in Christ,

It is by the grace of God that I received Christ,Having
known the truth, I had no choice than to do what is lawful
and right in the sight of God for eternal life and in the
sight of man for witness of God´s mercy and glory upon my
life.

I am Mrs Melissa Pointer the wife of Mr Harry Pointer, my husband worked
with the Chevron/Texaco in Kenya for twenty years before he died in the
year 2001.We were married for twenty-seven years without a child.

My Husband 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 US (Three Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S.Dollars) with a Bank
in Europe.

Presently, this money is still with the Bank and the
management just wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward
to sign for the release of this money or rather issue a
letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my
behalf if I can not come over.

Presently, I'm in a hospital in Kenya where I have been undergoing treatment
for esophageal cancer. I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors
have told me that I have only a few weeks to live. It is my last wish to
see this money distributed to charity organizations any where in the World.

Because relatives and friends have plundered so much of my wealth since
my illness, I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge responsibility
to any of them. Please, I beg you in the name of God to help me Stand and
collect the Funds from the Bank.I want a person that is God fearing that
will use this money to fund churches, 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 giveth.I took this decision because I don't have any
child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives
are not Christians and I don't want my husband's 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 reason 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 soundless
voice and presence of my husband's relatives around me always. I don't want
them to know about this development. With God all things are possible. As
soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of Attorney who
is in Europe as he will be the one to assist you in laying claims for this
funds . Please responde to this email account:p_mellisa@excite.com

Yours in Christ,
Melissa Pointer.

Ps for the purpose of confidentiality,please forward your response :p_mellisa@excite.com

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