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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: douglas sango <douglas_sango3032@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 08:28:46 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FOR GOD'S MINISTRY WORK


From Douglas
St Matthew's specialist clinic
Ave 16 lot 125 cocody,
Abidjan,Cote D'Ivoire.
Email douglas_sango3032@yahoo.com

FOR GOD'S MINISTRY WORK.
Dear one in Christ,

I am the above mentioned person from Jula tribe of Cote d'Ivoire.I am the only dauther of late Mr Mohamed Matanga who before his death in a car accident on 20th July 2005 was a senior staff of Cote D'Ivoire ministry of works and housing;He has also worked with the Cote d'Ivoire Embassy in Egypt for nine years .Before the death of my late father he was serious muslem faithful man.After the death of my father,I went to church with a friend and that was the first time on earth that I attended church in my life and since then I have become a good christian and have seeing the truth and have recieved christ as my Lord and personal saviour,Because I have changed from being a muslem to a christain,all my muslem relatives is against me for doing that.

Barely nine months after the death of my father i felt sick and was hospitalised.The Doctor diagnosed that I am suffering from cancer of the liver,the Doctor also advise me that i should try and fly out of country for more better treatment due to medication here in Africa is poor.

My late father before his death had a deposit in one in of Bank here the sum of $4.5million Dollars(Four million five hundred thousand Dollars) and my name appears as the next of kin in the document that is here with me for claim.I had no direct brothers and sister of my own and since my Doctor has disclosed to me that i will die if i do not travel out for more better treatment.And also I have decided to give out 50% of my inherited money to the orphange homes,less previlege ones and for ministry work of the Almighty God.I am doing this beacuse my late father's family members abandoned me for becoming a christain instead of muslem.

Please the areas that i will hilgly need your assistance are as follows:

1).Infact for you to be gurading of my inherited money disbursing it in the areas like orphanage homes,les previlege ones and charity organizations as i have made up my mind to channel 50% of my inherited my in these areas that i mentioned above.


2).Just for you to assist and make sure that my inherited money is retrieve from the bank here smoothly into any account you may nominate to the bank .

3).For you to help and get a nice hospital where i can recieve better treatment.I suggest you will take 25% of the remaining money for your urgent assistance and 25% for my upkeeping if I survive.

Please Dear one in Christ,I need your urgent response for I to survive and give Glory to Jesus Christ.

Remain bleesed.


douglas



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