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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: MARY JONES <evangelist_mary_jones04@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <evangelistmaryjones@indiatimes.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 15:57:22 +0000
Subject: KINGDOM INVESTMENT



Dear Beloved in christ, Calvary greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ, I am EVANGELIST MARY JONES, a widow to
Late DAVID JONES, I am 70years old,I am suffering
from long time cancer of the breast. From all
indications, my condition is serious and according
to my doctor it is quite obvious that I may not
survive the sickness,although as a christain,I
believe God and I know that I will not die,I will
leave to declare the glory of God. My late husband and my only son died in plane
crash .I am presently Leaving alone.Our Lord Jesus
Christ is my comforter. My late husband was very
wealthy he was an industralist and international
businessman we have a lot of properties including
Shares and houses.After the death of my husband,I
made up my mind to travel abroad to live the rest
of my life and continue to do the work of God as a
missionary.I called our lawyer and I instructed
him to sell all my husbands properties and shares
to enable me raise some money to continue my
mission. The lawyer sold the Shares and some of the
properties and I was able to raise the sum of
$10,000,500.000,00(Ten Million Five Hundred
Thousand US Dollars) The fund is in cash,for the
safety of the fund till am able to travel out,I
packaged the fund in consignments deposited it
with a Security Company. Presently,all the
documents concerning the consignments are with my
lawyer. Now that my sickness has gone to this stage,I am
scared and I want the fund to be used for the work
of God all over the world. I have prayed
concerning this donation and I told God to direct
me to an honest Person who will receive this fund
and utilise it for things that will glorify the
name of God. After my prayers,I searched the
christain site in the internet,I found your email
address and I decided to contact you. Please if in your heart you are geniunely and
faithfully desired to use this fund for the
propagation of God's work in any form whether for
Charity, Ministry, Evangelical work,please send to
me your, FULL NAMES,CONTACT ADDRESS,TEL PHONE AND FAX NUMBER. once I recieve it,I will give it to my lawyer to
make immediate arrangement with the security
company on how the consignments that contained the
fund will be delivered to you. Send your reply of this mail to my private box
below,
evangelistmaryjones@indiatimes.com I await your urgent reply. Thanks and God bless you. Yours In-Christ, EVANGELIST MARY JONES
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