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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!

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Fraud email example:

From: Selina Raju <mrs_selinapraju@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 12:40:04 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re; Dear Beloved In Christ.


Mrs. Selina P. Raju
Lebanon
EMAIL; mrs_selinapraju02@yahoo.com

My Dear In Christ,

My name is Mrs.Selina Raju the wife of Mr. Prasada Raju working with the Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) as the international remittance officer. In this department where my husband head, he approves and make all fund transfer outside Lebanon . I have been married to my husband Mr. Prasada Raju for twenty five years without a child and my husband died few weeks ago as a result of the bombing by the Hezbollah militants that hit our home and leaving me lying critically ill in the hospital.Before his death we were both born again Christians.

You can view the story of the Lebanon attack as below;

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/221327/1/.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4793177.stm
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/15/mideast.main/index.html
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,15010,00.html

Since his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is against. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of US $6.5M. (Six Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars) with a Bank in Europe.
Presently, this money is still with the Bank and the management just wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward to sign for the release of this money or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf if I can not come over. Presently, I'm in a hospital in Lebanon where I have been undergoing treatment for bomb attack that has rendered my lifeless. 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 any where in the World.

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 and collect the Funds from the Bank.I want a person that is God fearing that 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 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 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 soundless voice and presence of my husband's 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 through ( mrs_selinapraju02@yahoo.com ) I shall give you the contact of the Attorney who is in Europe as he will be the one to assist you in laying claims for this funds.

Yours in Christ.
Mrs. Selina P. Raju.
Email; mrs_selinapraju02@yahoo.com


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