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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: "Evangelist Mariam Madu." <evangelist_2128@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: evangelistmariam@parsimail.com
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 15:40:17 -0700
Subject: From: Evang Mrs Mariam Madu.

From: Evang Mrs Mariam Madu.
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 Evangelist Mariam
Madu, a widow to Late Sheik Madu. I am 61years old; I am 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.

I selected you after visiting the website for this purpose and prayed over
it, I am willing to donate the sum of $6.000,000.00 Million US Dollars to
the motherless baby homes, needy, poor, charity homes and widows too. Please
note that, this fund is lying in Central Bank of Nigeria 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 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 you.
I await your urgent reply.

Yours in Christ

Evangelist Mariam Madu.


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