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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: "deborah nelson" <derbynelson@msn.com>
Reply-To: deborahnelson@computermail.net
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 11:47:25 +0000
Subject: PLEASE HELP


Glory House
E016,Barking Road,
England

Dearest in christ,

Calvary Greetings in the name of our lord Jesus
Christ our saviour.

My name is Mrs Deborah Nelson wife to Dr. Amos
Nelson.
I have no family no kids,i lost my husband and
my only two kids
in a motor accident five years ago after his return
from a Missionary work. It's so sad for me right now,
i am
very ill with cancer,doctors says i have short time to
live,i have
decided to give my wealth to an honest person that can
use it to glorify
the name of the lord.

After i received instruction from my God to
use this funds to do GODS work and to give to charity,
i prayed to God
for direction and he has been directing me. I told God
that i want a
ministry, or an honest person who will spend the fund
for things that
will glorify His name.

This revelation came after my conversion from
to a Born Again christian. I received Christ and i
found out that a
sinner has no place in the kingdom of God. I never had
rest of mind, i
seeked God for forgiveness and he

Revealed to me that i will only have
rest of mind if i serve him with all my wealth and he
will bless me
mightily.

It was when i received Christ that i realized the
meaning
of going to heaven. I need to make heaven, i don't
want to perish in
hell fire.As my level of Christianity was increasing,i
understood that
the wealth of sinners are acquired for the just. God
opened my eyes to
the book of Ecclesiastes 6,verses 1 & 2. Read this
scripture and you
will understand that there

are people in this world that God gave the
grace to acquire wealth yet God did not give them the
grace to enjoy the
wealth. I happened to fall into the same category now
it is the wish of
God.

When God revealed to me to use my wealth to do his
work, i
understood that God was testing me like He tested
Abraham and other men
of God. Abraham needed a child and God asked him to
use his only son for
sacrifice, Abraham was faithful. He obeyed and God
made him father
ofmany nations.

After the death of my late husband and when i was
told about my illness i have to sell all our
properties which amounted
to about 20 million dollars which i deposited with a
security company in a box
for safety purpose if anything happen to me this funds
will be impounded
can you use this funds for the kingdoms work and for
charity purpose?



I AWAIT YOUR PROMPT REPLY



In His Service,

Mrs Deborah Nelson


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