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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: Mary Parker <maryparker04@openbg.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 07:29:13 -0400
Subject: SOUL MATE


Dear Beloved in Christ,

It is by the grace of God that I received Christ, having known the
truth; I had no choice than to do what is lawful and just in the sight
of God for eternal life and in the sight of man for witness of God &
His Mercies and glory upon my life.

I am Mrs. Mary Parker,the wife of Mr.Robert Parker,both of us are
citizens of the united state of America. my husband worked with the
Chevron/Texaco in Russia for twenty years before he died in the year
2003.We were married for ten years without a child. My Husband died
after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before his death
we both got born-again as dedicated Christians. Since his death I
decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home
which the Bible isstrongly against. When my late husband was alive he
deposited the sum of 7.5 Million Euro (Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand Euro) with a Bank in Europe.

Presently, this money is still with the Bank and the management just
wrote me as the beneficiary that our account has been DORMANT and if I,
as the beneficiary of the funds, do not re-activate the account; the
funds will be CONFISCATED or I rather issue a letter of authorization
to somebody to receive it on my behalf (note that you need to activate
this account) as I can not come over. Presently, I'm in a hospital in
Russia where I have been undergoing treatment for esophageal cancer. I
have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I
have only a few weeks to live. It is my last wish to see this money
distributed to charity organizations and NGO anywhere in the World in
helping human race.

Because relatives and friends have plundered so much of my wealth since
my illness, I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge
responsibility to any of them. Please, I beg you in the name of God to
help me Stand-in as the beneficiary and collect the Funds from the
Bank.

I want a person that is God-fearing who will use this money to fund
churches,orphanages and widows propagating the word of God and to
ensure that the house of God is maintained. 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
husband's relatives are not Christians and I don't want my husband's
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 since I know where I am going to. I know that I am going to be in the bossom 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 soundless voice and presence of my husband's relatives around me
always. I don't want them to know about this development.

I await your quick response to this mail as this is my last wish to
see this funds transferred before my Death.

Please my beloved for further communication on how we are going
to conclude this, reach me on my private mail: maryparker04@openbg.com



Remain Blessed
Your Sister in Christ,

Mrs. Mary Parker

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