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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: "rebecca lawrence" <rebecca-lawrence038@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: rebecalawrence1@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2007 01:12:59 +0000
Subject: Dear Please Is Me Madam Rebecca

FROM MRS REBECCA LAWRENCE,
No5A VICTORIA FALLS
ABIDJAN-COTE D'IVOIRE.
WEST AFRICA

DEAREST

MAY PEACE BE UPON YOU.I SEND THIS MAIL TO YOU AFTER SERIES OF PRAYERS AND I BELIEVE YOU WILL NOT FAIL ME. MY NAME IS MRS REBECCA LAWRENCE, I AM A GAMBIA NATIONAL AND THE WIFE OF LATE MR REMOND LAWRENCE A STAFF OF GAMBIAN EMBASSY HERE IN IVORY COAST, WHO DIED IN THE YEAR 2002 AFETR A BRIEF ILLNESS .I WAS MARRIED TO MY HUSBAND FOR 22YRS WE LIVE IN ABIDJAN COTE D IVORE. WE HAD A CHILD, A BOY.

BEFORE MY HUSBANDS DEATH IN 2002, HE DEPOSITED A SUM OF ($9 .500,000,000$) U.S DOLLARS IN  BANK) HERE IN ABIDJAN COTE D IVORE AND THIS MONEY WAS KEPT FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAINTANING AND TAKING CARE OF THE WELFARE OF OUR ONLY SON  WHO IS NOW 19 YEARS OLD.

I MISSED MY HUSBAND SO MUCH AND THE FACT TO HIS DEATH DESTABILISED ME CAUSING ME STROKE AND HEART FAILURE.VERY RECENTLY MY DOCTOR INFORMED ME THAT I HAVE CANCER AND THAT I MIGTH NOT LIVE UP TO 90 DAYS. I AM DEEPLY WORRIED BY MY FALLING HEALTH SITUATION BUT I HAVE THE BELIEVE THAT ALMIGTHY  HAS A PURPOSE FOR ALLOWING MY PREDICAMENT.I BELIEVE THAT IN EVERY SITUATION HE SHOULD BE PRAISE . HE IS MY STRENGHT AND I AM HAPPY HE IS MY GOD.

AM NOT SCARED OF DYING BUT MY ONLY PROBLEM IS HOW TO UTILIZE THE FUND WE KEPT IN BANK FOR ANY GOOD INVESTMENT YOU KNOW AND FOR THE WELFARE OF MY ONLY SON WHO IS STILL IN A COLLAGE HERE IN ABIDJAN. I HAVE PRAYED OVER THIS ISSUE AND MY SPIRIT DIRECTS ME TO CONTACT YOU TO ENJOINING YOU TO UNDERTAKE THE MAINTANACE AND CUSTODY OF MY SON AND THE SAID FUND WHICH I WANT TO TRANSFER INTO YOUR ACCOUNT FOR THE FUTURE AND THE BENEFIT OF MY SON. I AM NOT AFRAID OF DEATH HENCE I KNOW THAT I AM GOING TO BE WITH THE ALMIGTHY .

I HAVE RELATIVES WHOM I SHUOLD HAVE INTRUSTED THIS MONEY ONTO BUT THEY ARE WORLDLY,WICKED AND COULD MISS USE THIS MONEY AND MY SPIRIT HAS REJECTED THEM FOR THIS EXERCISE. I SHALL SEND THE PARTICULARS OF THIS FUND AND EVERY OTHER RELIVANT INFORMATION YOU MAY WISH TO KNOW CONCERNING THIS FUND, IF YOU ARE WILLING TO TAKING CARE OF MY ONLY SON INCLUD THE MONEY. AND AS SOON AS I RECIEVED YOUR RESPONSE WITH YOUR FULL CONTACT INFORMATION.

I WILL GIVE YOU THE CONTACT OF THE ( BANK AND A LETTER OF AUTHORITY WHICH WILL EMPOWER YOU AS THE NEW BENEFICIARY OF THIS FUND TO ACT ARCONDANLY AS I HAVE STATED .

REMAIN BLESSED,
REGARDS MRS REBECCA

 



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