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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: "Amstrong Azika." <amziik01@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:14:59 +0100
Subject: Amstrong Azika.

Dear sir/madam,

I greet you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ whom we are under the covering of His anointing, obedience to His
purpose and living a life that honours Him.

I am Mr Amstrong Azika from Kuwait. I am married to
Mrs Kona Azika who worked with Kuwait embassy in
Ivory Coast for nine years before she died last year.
We were married for eleven years without any child, and we where both born again christians, its unfortunate that my wife died after four days illness.

Since her death I decided not to remarry as life has lost its meaning for me without her by my side. When my late wife was alive we had a joint account of the sum of US$3.480 million dollars in a Bank here in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire. Presently, this money is still in bank.

Recently, my Doctors told me that I would not last for
the next Eight months due to cancer problem, coupled with stroke. Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to a
charity organization that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein.

I want an organization that will use this fund for
orphanages, schools and churches ,helping widows, propagating the
word of God etc. 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 relatives are not Christians and I don't want my efforts to be used by unbelievers in an ungodly way.

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
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 I shall give you the contact of the Bank here in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire.

I will also issue you an authority letter that will
make you the present beneficiary of this fund. I want
you and the church to always pray for me because the
lord is my shephard. 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.
Contact me back immediately, any delay in your reply
will give me room in sourcing another church for this
same purpose. Please assure me that you will act
accordingly as I stated herein. Hoping to receive your
reply.

Yours in Christ,

Mr Amstrong Azika.



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