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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: "kim abbott" <kim1abbott@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: kimabbott_kim@excite.com
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:43:22 +0000
Subject: Dearly Beloved in the lord,

Dearly Beloved in the lord,

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 right in the sight of God for
enternal life and in the sight of man for witness of God´s mercy and glory
upon my life.I am mrs kim abbott the wife of Mr Vaat abbott,i'm from the
united state of america but my husband worked with the Chevron/Texaco in
africa for twenty years before he died in the year 2003.We bouth live in
africa Nigeria We were married for twenty-nine years without a child.

My Husband died after a brief illne! ss that lasted or only four days,Before
his death we were both born again Christians.Since his death I decided not
tore-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 $8.5M.
(Eight Million and Five Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars) with a
Bank.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! That somebody to receive it on my behalf if I can not
come over.

I Presently, I'm in a hospital in Netherland 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 any where in the
World. Because relatives and friends have plundered so much of my wealth
since my ill! ness, I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge
responsibility to any of them.Please, Ibeg 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'shard 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 m! ysoundless voice and 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 I shall give you the contact of
the Bank.

Yours in Christ,

mrs kim abbott

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