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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "mrsgraceamah mrsgraceamah" <mrsgraceamah@sjuliagu.com>
Reply-To: graceamah@terra.com.mx
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:12:07 +0000
Subject: Beloved In Christ

Beloved In Christ,

MY DEAR

Calvary greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, I am Mrs. Grace.
Amah. a widow to Late
James . Amah, I am 69 years old, I am now a new Christian convert,suffering
from long time cancer of the breast. From all indications, my condition is
serious and according to my doctor it is quite obvious that I may not
survive the sickness,although as a christain,I beleive God and I know that I
will not die,I will leave to declare the glory of God. My late husband and
my only son was killed uring the Ogoni Crisis and I am presently Leaving
alone.Our Lord Jesus Christ is my comforter. My late usband was very wealthy
we have a lot of properties including Shares and houses.After the death of
my husband,I made up my mind to travel abroadtoleave the rest of my life and
continue to do the work of God as a missionary.

I called our lawyer and I instructed him to sell all my husbands properties
and shares to enableme raise some money to conitue my mission.The lawyer
sold the Shares and some of the properties and I was able raise a sum of
money which i will disclose the amount as soon as you notify me of your
readiness to accept this proposition The fund is in cash,for the safety of
the fund till am able to travel out,I packaged the fund in consignments
deposited it with a Security Company.Presently,all the documents concerning
the consignments are with my lawyer.Now that my sickness has gone to this
stage,I am scared and I want the fund to be used for the work of God all
over the world. most expecially the victims of the december 26 2004 tsunami
disaster,

I have prayed and I told God honest christan who will receive this fund and
utilise it forthings that will glorify the name of God.After my prayers,I
searched the christain site in the internet,I found your email address and I
decided to contact you.Please if you are interested in using this fund for
the work of God,please send to me your full names and address to enable me
give it to my lawyer for immediate arrangement with the security company on
how the onsignments that contained the fund will be delivered to you. I
await your urgent reply.

Thanks and God bless you.

Mrs. grace. Amah.


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