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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: "Bishop Andrew Wright" <bishopandrew@sino.net> (may be fake)
Reply-To: bishopandrew1234@sino.net
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:43:57 +0000
Subject: From Bishop Andrew Wright

Greetings in the name of the Lord,

I am Bishop Andrew Wright. Before I contacted you, I fasted and prayed over it.
It was through God guidance I was able to contact you.

Right now as I am writing to you I am in hiding because of the past leaders in my country
hunting for my life. They moved through me the sum of $50m (Fifty million United States Dollars)
cash which I kept in a security vault which I have refused to give back to them because I
knew I had offended God.

What I want you to do is securing this fund and distribute it to charity because as I
man of God I should not have involved myself in this type of mess. I am doing this so
that I can once again find favor in the sight of God because I have really sinned against him.

As soon as I receive your favorable reply, I would then direct you to a consultant who would
assist you with the security code that I am going to give you. Please do furnish me with your
telephone numbers so that I can be able to talk to you and give you more details.

Finally the success of this project depends to a great extent you’re keeping it secret between you
and I and your confidentiality in this transaction.

Please respond send your reply to my private email bishopandrew329@yahoo.co.uk

God bless you.

Bishop Andrew Wright.


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