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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: Faith Isaiah <sr.faith@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <see_hisblessing@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:18:36 +0000
Subject: Beloved in the Lord, reply urgently after reading



Beloved in the Lord, reply urgently after reading
From: Mrs. Faith Isaiah
Calvary greeting in the name of our Almighty God. As you read this message, I don't want you to pity much about my health situation because I believe that we are strangers on this earth and one day, all of us will surely die to give account of our visit to the earth. My dear, writing this message to you now is not by my power, rather a divine direction from God Almighty who has chosen you for a great responsibility for his children, knowing too well that you will not betray his trust in you. I am assuring you that as you obey this call from God, he will surely meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19). I am Mrs. Faith Isaiah from Ivory Coast. I married to late Mr. Isaiah who was a successful business man. Through out our years of marriage, we were together in peace without a child. Upon this temptation of childless from Satan our enemy, we were obedient to the commandments of our Almighty God. During the time my husband was alive, he made a promise of donating a fund ($7,230,000.00) Seven million two hundred and thirty thousand United States Dollars to our God for the benefit of his children in orphanage homes, children in Disability Organization and widows but as the case may be, he (my husband) did not leave to fulfil this promise. After the death of my beloved husband in few months ago, I submitted this mission of my beloved late husband into the hand of our Almighty God in prayers, which our God has choosen you and review to me in prayers that you are the selected one to be handle this fund for the promise of my husband to come to a fulfilment, that is why I contact you. Now that I'm planning to go for surgery operation because of effected cancer in my right breast, reply me urgently with all your personal information which I will submit to the finance company and introduce you to them, so that they will use your personal information to do a change of ownership of the trunk box from my late husband's name to your name and make delivery of this trunk box to your home address.

Fear not in this responsibility because this God is our God for ever and ever, he will be our guide even to the end (Psalm 48:14). Remain blessed in the Lord. Yours in Christ Jesus,Mrs. Faith Isaiah
DIVINE CALL.
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