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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?bene=20jones?= <benejones12@yahoo.com.au>
Reply-To: evangelistbenejones@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 06:04:50 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: TREAT WITH A HONEST MIND


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: benejones12@yahoo.com.au

Dearest in Christ, pls treat with a honest mind

Calvary greeting to you and your family. My name is Mrs bene jones, a

scottish, but I am married to Mr jones who is the Managing Director of

Shell Petro-Chemical Company, before he died in the plane crash of Oct 23, 2005

[with Bellview Airlines twin-engine Boeing 737] with other passengers aboard all

117 passage died, as you can confirm it yourself through this web site

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/10/23/nigeria.plane/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/23/AR2005102300368.html

We were married for eleven years without a child. Before the death we were both

born again Christians. When my late husband was alive we deposited the sum of

USD$16.5Million (Sixteen Million Five hundred thosand U.S. Dollars) with one of

good bank here in Nigeria. Presently, this money is still with Union Bank of

Nigeria.

Recently, 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 donate this fund to church or better still Christian

individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct here in.

I want a church that will use this fund to churches, orphanages, Research

centres and widows propagating the word of God and to ensured that the house of

God is maintained. The Bible made us to understand that blessed is the hand that

griveth.

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 my family

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 because of the presence of my

family relatives around me always. I don't want them to know about this

development.With God all things are possible. As soon as I receive your reply

Ishall give you the contact information of the bank and whom to contact.

I will also need to get a reliable attorney to assist you as the new

beneficiary of this fund. 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 Christian individual for this same purpose.

Please assure me that you will act Accordingly as I stated here.Expecting to

hearing from you, reply back to my alternative email for security purpose

evangelistbenejones@yahoo.com.hk

Remain blessed in the name of the Lord.

Yours in Christ,

Sister bene jones





- bene jones


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