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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: "john"<johnbaly@myway.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:06:33 -0500 (EST)
Subject: KINDOM INVESTMENT


ATTN.I AM DEACON JOHN COULIBALY A RETIRED DIRECTOR GENERAL OF MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT.I AM MARRIED TO DR PASTOR RUTH COULIBALY OF REDEEMED PILLAR FIRE MINISTRY,WORLD WIDE INC.,BASICALLY A PRAYER AND DELIVRANCE MINISTRY.DURING A PRAYER AND FASTING SESSION IN MY MINISTRY,OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST DIVINELY MINISTERED TO ME TO INVEST IN HIS KINGDOM THROUGH YOU AND YOUR MINISTRY/INSTITUTION,AS YOU HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED AS A MAN OF HIGH BUSINESS CREDIBILITY AND AS A PECULIAR PERSON.THESE FUNDS TOTALED EXACTLY $8.5 MILLION U.S DOLLARS IS PRESENTLY LYING AT THE SUSPENSE ACCOUNT AND CAN BE ACCESSED.YOU SHOULD IMMDIATELY CALL MY DIRECT NUMBER +234051891710 OR EMAIL ME BACK TO ENABLE ME GIVE YOU THE SECRET CODE ACCESS NUMBER AND TELEX INTEGRATED PINCODE AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENT. FINALLY IT WILL INTEREST YOU TO NOTE THAT WE WILL BE COMING OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY TO RECEIVE OUR SHARE AND SPEND IT IN THE MANNERS OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST HAS DIRECTED US TO SPEND THE FUNDS IN HIS KINDOM DURING OU!
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PLANNED CRUSADE TO YOUR COUNTRY.FIFTY(50%)PERCENT WILL BE FOR YOU AND YOUR IMMEDIATE ASSOCIATE,FOURTY(40%)PERCENT FOR MY SELF AND MY FAMILY.THE BALANCE (10%)ACCORDING TO LOGISTIES THATS BEEN EARMARKED FOR LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL ESPENSES.REMAIN BLESSED, DEACON JOHN COULIBALY.

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