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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: williams r_mary <r_marywilliams@yahoo.ca>
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 11:27:09 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: To God be the glory !!



Rosemary Williams
Abidjan Cote D´Ivoire.
Dearest in the Lord.

I am the above named person from South Africa. I am
married to Mr.HAMLET WILLIAMS, who worked with South
African embassy in Ivory Coast for nine years before
he died in the year 2003. We were married for eleven
years without a child. He died after a brief ilness

That lasted for only four days. Before his death we
were both born again Christian.

Since his death I decided not to remarry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is against. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of $4.5Million (Four Million five hundred thousand U.S.Dollars) in a local bank here in Abidjan.Presently, this money is still with the bank.

I will give you they contacts so that you will arrange for a meeting with them.
I have informed the bank that I will appoint somebody who will come for the sake of the consignment for it's clearance from them presently .

I have a serious sickness that disturbs me so much.
Having known my condition I decided to donate this
fund to a church or a serious believer that will
utilize this money the way I am going to instruct I
herein. want you to use this fund for orphanages,

Widows, propagating the word of God and to endeavour
that.

The house of God is maintained. The Bible made us to
understand that Blessed is the hand that gives.

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 husband´s efforts to be used by
unbelievers. I don t want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly way. This is why I am taking this 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
hence the presence of my husband´s relatives around
me always.

I dont 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 so that you will contact them and clear the
money. if you wish to see the documents given to my
husband as prove of the deposit I will send it to you,

I will also issue you an authority letter which will
be prepared by my lawyer here as A WILL which will
prove that you the present 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 contact me true this my private email contact r_marywilliams@yahoo.ca

Please always get back to me is urgent. the amount is 4.5 millions us dollars

Best regards
Rosemary Williams






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