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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: edgracecare@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 12:45:33 -0700
Subject: How are You Today My Beloveth ?

Beloveth ,
Life is all about sharing of affection and affliction which depict love in
the inner chamber ( heart ) of man.The woman communicating to you in the
framework of her affliction is Mrs. Grace
John Edward. I am not divorced nor single but married to a man successful
in his business in Spain.My husband and I lived for 10 years after marriage
without an upspring. Within this period, I was praying to God to give me
a child I would call mine and promising to devote my life to Him and commit
all that comes to me for the propagation and maintenance of gospel. The Lord
heard my cry and gave me a son whom I joyfully named 'Emmanuel' ( meaning
God is with us ).
Ever then, I gave my life in worship togelther with my husband and the
love of God for us prompted him to be visiting charity homes and
rendering alms to the less privilleges ( orphans, widows, and the poor ).


Early last year I lost my husband. He gave up the ghost after a range of
thinking toward the death of our only son while swimming in the swimming
pool. I was suddenly grieved by sorrow but coupled myself together to forge
ahead with life. I looked at myself and come to realize that life worths
nothing without being happy and wondered if this could be a challenge for
my promise. I then continued from where my husband and I stopped to reach
out to the less privilleges in the world over, and at the same time narrating
my story for them to
understand my trend of motivation for this caring attitude.


Recently, I was stroked by an illness our family doctor considered uncurreable.

This has not afforded me the time to continue with my gesture. In order
not to allow this die off, I entrusted the sum of $11.23 million Us
Dollars to my relative with direction and instructions to support and
improve the lives of the less privilleges and the poor in the world
over. But they were joyfully using the money for themselves and made no
attempt to support the poor. I immediately felt dissatisfied with their
behaviour and discovered they have used almost the whole money for
themselves with a remnant of $5.3m U.S Dollars. My contact to you is
not by a human approach but by a divine one. It will, however, give me
joy to see you utilize this $5.3m Us Dollars for this same purpose. My
days are numbered according to the doctor and I can't afford to die as
a result of my ill-health and a wasted fund. But it will give me joy
even in the grave seeing that the lives of the poor is allievated if
not with the whole but with the remaining $5.3m U.S Dollars.
Hoping to receive your response and remain blessed in the Lord.


Yours,
Mrs. Grace,
mrsgrace_edward@myway.com
















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