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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: "Katte Lico" <kattelico1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: kattelico2005@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 15:32:29 +0000
Subject: My Dear beloved

I am the above named person from Malaysia. I am married to
Dr. KATTE LICO who worked with DUBAI embassy
in Iraq for nine years and he was also a Reverend, I Lico
has been in tourism for many years , my husband died in
the year 2002. We were married for eleven years without a
child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only
four days.


Before his death we were both born again Christians. Since
his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside
my matrimonial home which the Bible is against. When my
late husband was alive he deposited the sum of$48 M (Fourty
Eight Million U.S. Dollars) in a bank in spain, and My
Doctor told me that I would not last for the next three
months due to cancer problem.

Though what disturbs me most is my stroke. Having known my
condition I decided to contact you to make foundation with
the funds for the orphanages and widows and to propagate
the word of God and to ensure that orphanages are
educated. The Bible made us to understand that Blessed is
the hand that giveth. I took this decision because I don?t
have any child that will inherit this money and my husband
relatives are not Christians and I don?t want our hard
earned money to be misused by unbelievers. I don?t want a
situation where this money will be used in an ungodly
manner, hence the reason for taking this bold decision. I
am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I
know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord. Exodus
14 VS 14 says that the lord will fight my case and I shall
hold my peace. I don?t need any telephone communication in
this regard because of my health, With God all things are
possible.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the
contact of the bank in spain where the fund was kept. I
will also issue you a letter of authority that will empower
you as the original- beneficiary of this fund. Please, hear
the voice of charities are crying, so you should ensure to
use the of money as I stated. I want you and the church to
always pray for me because the lord is my shepherd. My
happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian. Whoever that
wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and truth.

Please always be prayerful all through your life. Any delay
in your reply will give me room in sourcing for a good
Christian or individual for this same purpose. Please
assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein.
Hoping to hear from you. reply me & Remain blessed in the
name of the Lord.

Please, send all your reply to this my family attorney's
private email box and send copy to me too.My attorney email
is ; barristerhudsonmaychambers1@yahoo.com
The name of his chamber is called probity chambers.
His name is MR HUDSON MAY

Blessing to you,

KATTE LICO email (kattelico2005@yahoo.com)


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