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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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Fraud email example:

From: "MARY PARKER" <myrkpr@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrs.maryparker@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 09:08:03 +0000
Subject: DEAR BELOVE''I NEED YOUR HELP

Dear Beloved

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 just in the sight of
God for eternal life and in the sight of man for witness of God & His
Mercies and glory upon my life.

I am Mrs. Mary Parker, the wife of Mr. Robert Parker, both of us, are
citizens of the United States of America . My husband worked with the
chevron/Texaco in Russia for twenty years before he died in the year
2003.We were married for ten years without a child.

My Husband died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days.
Before his death we both got born-again as dedicated Christians.

Since his death I decided not to re-marry or get a
child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is strongly against.
When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of 7.5 Million Euro
(Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand Euro) with a Financial House in
Europe .
Presently, this money is still with the Financial House and the
management just wrote me as the beneficiary that our account has been
DORMANT
and if I, as the beneficiary of the funds, do not re-activate the
account; the funds will be CONFISCATED or I rather issue a letter of
authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf (note that you need to
activate this account) as I can not come over.

Presently, I'm in a hospital in Russia 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 and NGO anywhere in the World in helping human race.
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-in as the
beneficiary and collect the Funds from the inancial House.

I want someone, who is God-fearing who 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's 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 since I know where I am going to.

I know that I am going to be in the bossom 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.

I await your quick response to this mail as this is my last wish to see
this funds transferred before my death.
Please my beloved for further communication on how we are going to
conclude this, reach me on my private mail:
mrsmpker@yahoo.com
Remain Blessed

Your Sister in Christ,
Mrs. Mary Parker

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