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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: elise alfred <elise1alfred@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 09:25:34 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: This may help!


Dear Dr. Cravin MD, PhD, Sc "

It my great pleasure to hear from you.As I have said on my proposal, the fund was in a trunk box and deposited with a security firm in Europe as family valuables.I will like you to visit the company in Europe for the claim of the consignment, you should not let the company to know the real content of the box.
Now my time is counting and I have no much strength, it will please me if you can contact a man of God who will help us to finalize this transaction.
Can you send me more information about you, telephone number both fax line, your photo and residence contact.i hope you are a christain?
You should be reaching the pastor here so he will help to arrange everything on mybehalf.

PASTOR JEAN KOFFI
CALVARY MISSION ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE
TEL: + 225 05 04 60 94
Email: pastor_jeankoffi@priest.com

Feel free and contact the man of God for more information and send me more infos about you.
More infos waiting for you as soon as I heard from you.

Thanks and God Giude.

Sincerely,

Mrs Elise Alfred.


"Dr. Cravin D Moorhead, MD, PhD, Sc " <drcmoorehead@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: My dear one who is suffering,

We have come up with some new research to help you in your suffering. If you will have your Medical Doctor contact us we will be furnishing the information and the funds to acquire them. It is a special formula and requires a very scientific approach.

The combination of R-CMP and SNOT.

R-CMP is actually short for R-cytidine monophosphate, and is actually a component of RNA, the nucleic acid which transcribes the genetic information from the DNA so that it can be translated into protein.

SNOT is the commonly used acronym for argininosuccinate synthetase, which is a chemical found in the brain. Tritiated tin hydroxide goes by the wonderful chemical formula of SnOT. David Ball, a chemist in Cleveland Ohio, was working on isotopomers of SnOH, and after tritiating it found he got SnOT. His paper concludes with the wonderful phrase "Since Wang et al did not use tritium substitution, we can state with certainty that there was no SnOT in their samples".

As my good friend, Reverend T. Horton, Church of the Holy Canine, always tells me:

Psalms 31:9 O' Lord have mercy on me in my anguish. My eyes are red from weeping;my health is broken from sorrow.

Now, just so you understand, I don't believe that all sickness is a direct result of sin in one's life. Bad things happen to good people for the purpose of punishment, for purification and for preparation. Our bodies along with the entire creation were adversely affected by the introduction of sin into the Garden of Eden by the self-willed choice of mankind. Some sickness (mental and physical) is a result of the nature decay and reduced entropy of the cosmos, but not nearly as much as modern man would like to believe. So we might well want to save ourselves a lot of money that is going to counselors and drugs, and just try the good old Biblical method of

* Personal accountability
* Confession of sin, repentance and restitution, and
* Godly living.

Respectfully yours,
Dr. Cravin D Moorhead, MD, PhD, Sc
St. Cloud Medical Group
Washington, USA & London, England
http://mercycarenetwork.com
+1 206 203 5873
Ext.40190





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