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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 about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Evangelindy Mike" <evangelindy004@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: evangelindy002@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:09:58 +0000
Subject: Evangelist Lindy Mike(Widow).

Evangelist Lindy Mike(Widow).

Calvary greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, i am Evangelist
Lindy Mike, The daughter of Late Sherrif Kindimbu from Weste Africa
Nigeria.I am 34years old,my mother is From England,while my father is from
Nigeria,i am an half cast (White Girl) i was married to Late John Mike from
England, i am now a new christian convert,suffering from long time liver
problem.
>From all indications, my condition is serious and according to my doctor it
is quite obvious that i may not survive the sickness,as a christian,i
beleived God and i know that i will not die,i will leave to declare the
glory of God, My late Husband Mr.John Mike is From England,he and my only
son was killed by his family members,because he does not agree with them, i
am presently leaving alone.Our Lord Jesus Christ is my comforter.

Before the death of my husband,he told me on his sick bed that he did
deposited some money with the United Bank for Africa UBA Plc in
Nigeria,after that he gave me the Documents he used in Depositing the fund
called Certificate of Deposit,he never wanted to tell me about it until the
present moment that he was about to die,he told me that his reason for
telling me about this fund secretly is because after his death that he knows
his family will not allow me to inherit any of his wealth or property,he
told me its a pity that Nigerian Government will not allow me to make this
claim since i am a citizen of Nigeria,my husband told me that i can only get
the fund claimed through the help of a foreigner like you,and that was
exactly what happened,I made up my mind to travel abroad to leave the rest
of my life and continue to do the work of God as a missionary,I called my
late husband lawyer to find out if the fund is still in contact in that
bank, to enable me raise some money to conitue my mission,to my greatest
surprise it was still in contact.

Presently,all the Documents concerning the FUND are with me, 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,i have prayed and told God to direct
me to an honest christian who will receive this fund and utilise it for
things that will glorify the name of God,after my prayers,i searched through
the christian site in the internet,I found your email address and decided to
contacted you.

Please if you are interested in using this Fund for the work of God,please
send to me your private phone and fax number full names and address to
enable me direct you to my late Husband lawyer for immediate arrangement
with the UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA UBA Plc on how the Fund will be claimed by
you on my Late Husbands Behalf as his Next of Kin and New Beneficiary.

I await to here your urgent reply.

Thanks and God bless you.

Evangelist Lindy Mike(Widow).


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