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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: jordan hamson <jordanhamson100cii@yahoo.ca>
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 08:50:09 -0500 (EST)
Subject: please sorry for my late responds


In Lorship, Hr. Elbert Weber
Thanks for your mail response and words of assurrances and advise to furfil my wishes with this donation seed I am sowing for humaniterian assistance through you, Infact your positive response is a very big relief to me, because my contact to you is of divine direction from God and I have no regret over this donation I'm sowing through you, as I am sure that this funds will be appropriately used for the humaniterian aid and expansion of Gods kingdom through you. All thanks and glory should go to our God Almighty for this wonderful divine grace he gave to us to promote humanity and his gospel with the resourcess he has given us. My benevolence is in fulfilment of my vow to God to use the wealth he has given me to promote humanitarian and Charity services with much emphasis on propagation of the gospel of God. But among all, this fund must be handled with every appropriation, accountability and prudence . May I clarify that I did not give you or your organisation this money
rather to the Lord and to distribut it to charities and Humaniterian organisation that you can locate arround the globe. Though I 'm permiting you to take 20% of this fund to help your self and your family financial needs after the succesful recovery of the fund into your country and 80% of the fund should be utlised in the areas I have instructed you. I decided to donate this out because of the ungodly relatives and family members I have. They have deprived me access to my valuable and physical assets as they know I will die soon and also subjected me to maltreatment,I once asked members of my family to close one of my accounts and distribute the money which I have there to charity organization in Bulgaria and Pakistan, they refused and kept the money to themselves. Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contended with what I have left for them, they do not know about this and I would not want them to know to avoid problems so to this effect, all
communication between us should be via e-mail only hence I have right here with me in my hospital bed side my satelite lap top with internet connection which I can always communicate you with and please you have to keep this donation arrangement secretly with you untill this fund is succesfuly secured into your designated bank account for the work of God.
This is my clean and legally acquired proceed from my registered business income that has been recognised by the bank already and this fund Is never in dispute and will never be in dispute but all I must avoid is to donate this fund within my area and it leaks to my family relatives, that means I will face more persecution and humiliation from them as they were unbelievers and wicked.Importantly, considering my decorating and ailing health in which I am faced with life uncertainty, I will want to make you legally and officially know to the security company where I deposited the trunk box containing this fund as the bona fide next of kin to me / the new beneficiary of the trunk box I deposited in their custody for safe keeping, by issueing an official power of attorney letter in your favour to enable you proceed with the security and finance company in Ivory Coast to cliam the trunk Box/chest on my behalf since I am very down with my health presently and can not arrange
the process of distributing this funds to charity organization by my self.Therefore you are to provide me your complete/identifiable name and address to enable me prepare official power of attorney letter in your favour which I will have to send their copies to you together with the certificate of the consignments deposit . These 2 documents will permit you every legal right over the trunk box and authorises you the right to lay claims over the trunk on your name as my legally appointed next of kin and succesor to the deposit, with out any legal implication even if I died before the time of the claim.I implores you to always interceeded for me prayerfully, I believe with prayers I must receive my healing miracle as we are serving a faithful God Romans 1:17. I enclose here by attachment the photo of me in the and my partner would be please to have yours too if possible, Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I Stated herein. Hoping to receive your reply .please
reply me from this email for security porpose.
Thanks and God bless us all in his infinite goodness and mercy.
Remain blessed in the Lord.

Mr.JORDAN HAMSON


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Elbert Weber <elbertweber_72@mozartmail.info> wrote:

Hello,

I wish not to be rude but I think it very unlikely that you have mailed the right party in me. Is it really for me? May I request some real evidence?

Provided there is any truth in what you are saying, then courteously offer up to me the pertinent evidence.

Occassionally I get to think about a wise saying, A flower cannot blossom without sunshine nor a garden without love. Would you agree as well?

Hr. Elbert Weber

Trying to fit in. Born to stand out. http://www.ppmusic.com/music/comp05.htm



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