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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: "veronica williams" <veronica2005_376@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: veronica_williams77@yahoo.de
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 05:15:08 +0000
Subject: sister veronica sistance aid

ATTN:
MY GOOD FRIEND IN CHRIST,
BLESSED BE GOD EVEN THE FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE FATHER OF
MARCIES AND THE GOD OF ALL CONFORT, WHO CONFORTETH US IN ALL OUR TRIBULATION
THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO CONFORT THEM WHICH ARE IN ANY TROUBLE, BY THE CONFORT
WHEREWITH WE OURSELVES ARE CONFORTED OF GOD .FOR AS THE SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST
ABOUND IN US, SO OUR CONSOLATION ALSO ABOUNDETH BY CHRIST
CHRISTIAN GREETING TO YOU THE MIGHTY AND PRECIOUS NAME OF THE LORD,
AND MAY HIS GRACE THAT BRINGS SALVATION BE UPON YOU AMEN.
I AM SISTER VERONICA WILLIAMS, FROM SOLOMON ISLAND AND RESIDE HERE IN
MALAYSIA.
IAM THE WIFE OF LATE BROTHER MARK WILLIAMS, THE SOLOMON ISLAN AIRCRAFT ENGR.
WHO DIED ON THE 15TH AUGUST 2004 .
BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY HUSBAND ,WE WERE MARRIED FOR TEN YEARS WITHOUT ANY
CHILDREN.
WE WERE REAL BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN WHO ACCEPTED JEUSU CHRIST AS THEIR LORD
SAVIOR,
ONLY THROUGH WHOM WE ALL BELIEVERS SHALL SEE THE FATHER AND ENTER THE KINDOM
THE LORD IS THE CENTER OF MY HEART AND EVER I LOST MY HUSBAND HE BEEN
EVERYTHING TO ME AS DID NOT WAN TO REMARRY.
IT IS VERY SAD TO INFORM YOU THAT TWO WEEKS AGO I WAS DIAGNOSED CONCER OF
THE LUNG AND THE DOCTOR HERE HAVE CONFIRMED THAT I WOULD NOT LAST FOR MORE
THAN SIX MONTHS.
BECAUSE OF THIS I HAVE BEEN HAVING SLEEPLESS NIGHTS, BUT ALWAYS SAY, MAY THE
PERFECT WILL OF GOD BE DONE . HE GIVETH AND HE TAKETH; I AM NOT AFRIAD OF
DEATH, FOR I KNOW WHERE I AM GOING THE DEATH OF A SINNER IS SO PAINFUL
BECAUSE HE HAS NOT ACCEPTED CHRIST AS HIS LORD AND SAVOUR BEFORE DYING, BUT
WHEN THE RIGHTEOUS DIEDS, THE HAEVEN REJOICES. PLEASE I NEED YOU MY DEAR
BELIEVER FROM OF THE PART OF THE WORLD TO REMEMBER ME ON YOUR PRAYERSALWAYS.
THOUGH I AM EXPECTING A MIRACULOUS HEALING FROM THE LORD, AND I AM SURE AND
HAVE FAITH THAT I AM HEALED. BY HIS STRIPES WE ARE HEALE.
EVER BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY HUSBAND, MY BROTHER IN-LWAS AND SISTER IN-LWAS
WERE NOT IN GOODRELATIONSHIP WITH ME BECAUSE I WAS NOT ABLE TO CONCEIVE AND
GIVE BIRTH TO CHILDREN FOR MY HUSBAND THEIR BROTHER ARE NOT CHRISTIANS. IT
IS GOOD WHO GIVES CHILDREN AND MY INABILTY TO CONCEIVE WAS NEITHER MY FAULT
NOR MY HUSBAND'S FAULT.
MY BELOVED IN CHRIST, MY MAIN RESON FOR CONTACT YOU IS THIS, IN THE BIBLE, A
MAN WENT OUT TO SOW, AND HE FOUND VARIOUS GROUNDS TO SOW INTO. HE FOUND THE
STONEY GROUND,THE THORNY GROUND ANF THE GOOD SOIL THE SOIL WHICH RETURNED
THE HARVEST WAS THE GOOD SOIL . IT ALSO WRITTEN , DO NOT SORE FOR YOURSELVES
TREASURES NO EARTH WHERE MOTH AND RUST DESTROY, AND WHERE THIEVES BREAK IN
AND STEAL . BUT SOTRE FOR YOURSELVES TREASURES IN HEAVEN WHERE MOTH AND RUST
DO NOT DESTROY AND WHERE THIEVES DO NOT BREAK IN AND WILL BE ALSO MY LATE
HUSBAND HAD SOME FUND DEPOSITED WITH A FINACE SECURITY COMPANY HERE IN
MALAYSIA AND THE AMOUNT IS {USD3,000,000,00.
THREE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLERS} DUE TO MY ILLNEES WHICH WILL PERMIT ME
TO STAY LONG HERE ON EARTH AND BEAUSE OF THE LOVE I HAVE FOR, THE POOR
WIDOWS AND THOSE THAT SUFFER IN PAINS IN THE HOSPITALS. I WOULD LIKE TO
DONATE THIS MONEY TO YOU FOR THE PROMOTION OF GOD'S WORK. I CAME ACROSS YOUR
CONTACT IN THE CHRISTIAN MAGAZINE, THE HOLY SPIRITY TOUCHED MY HEART TO
COMMUNICATE TO YOU. YOU ARE THERFORE THE ONLY PERSON I CONTACTED IN RESPECT
OF THIS MONEY,SO I SHALL BE NEEDING ASSURANCE FROM YOU THAT THIS MONEY WILL
BE WISELY SPENT THE WAY INSTRUCTED ABOVE, AND THAT NO PART OF IT WILL BE
WEST USED. AS SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU, I WILL ASK MY DOCTOR WHO HAPPENS TO
BE A BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN TO STAND ON MY BEHALF AND ENSURE THAT THE DONATION
GETS TO YOU SICCESSFULLY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE I AM IN AND OUT OF
THE HOSPITALS FOR MY SICKNESS . IF BY ANY MEANS YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME AND
VISIT ME IN PERSON, YOU SHALL BE HIGHLY WECOME. MAY THE LESSINGS AND MAXIMUM
PROTECTION OF THE LORD WHO RESTORES
THE EXCELLENCE OF JACOB BE WITH AMEN.
BECAUSE HE MADE US TO UNDERSTAND IN THE BOOK OF PROVERBS: CHAPTER 3 VS 5 6.
5, TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL THINE HEART IN AND LEAN NOT UNTO THINE OWN
UNDERSTANDING.
6, IN ALL THY WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AND HE SHALL DIRECT THY PATHS.
ZECHARIAH CHAPTER 10.
VS I
ASK YE OF THE LORD RAIN IN THE TIME OF THE LATTER RAIN ,SO THE LORD SHALL
MAKE BRIGHT CLOUD , AND GIVE THEM SHOWERS OF RAIN , TO EVERY ONE GRASS IN
THE FIELD.
ONLY WHAT WE OWN HIM IS WORSHIP AND PRAISE ALL DAY OF OUR LIFE.
EVERN IN THE BOOK OF PSAMS.
CHAPTER 100.
VS I---5
1,MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE UNTO THE LORD ALL YE LAND.
2, SERVE THE LORD WITH GLANESS COME BEFOR HIS PRESENS WITH SINGING,
3, KNOW YE THAT THE LORD HE IS GOD:IT IS HE THAT HATH MADE US AND NOT WE
OURSELVES , WE ARE HIS PEOPLE AND THE SHEEP OF HIS PASTURE.
4,ENTER INTO HIS GATE WITH THANKS GIVING AND INTO HIS COUNTS WITH PRAISE;BE
THANKFULL UNTO HIM .
5, FOR THE LORD IS GOOD , HIS MARCY IS EVERLASTING, AND TRUTH ENDURETH TO
ALL GENERATION.
SISTER VERONICA WILLIAMS.


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