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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: clement okoro <rev_clement3@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <clement_okoro@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:05:07 +0000
Subject: CHARITY AND GOD,S WORK



CHARITY AND GOD,S WORK
Dear beloved in christ
May God be with you and richly bless you as you read this without
prejudice.Amen!I am Rev,clement okoro, from Republic of Nigeria. To the Glory of God,
I was priviledged to be a close friend and confidant to a late brother
in Christ Arcbishop Gabriel Ubaka who worked tirelessly both in his
private life and in the service of God in his lifetime before his
devine call. May his soul rest in perfect peace. Amen! in all my association with this late brother
and friend, this revelation, the object of this mail was never made
known to me because late Arcbishop Gabriel Ubaka lived a very
disciplined life.He was wealthy before he went into ministry and adequately provided for
his family and also cared for people who were opportuned to come in
close contact with him.However,shortly before his call to eternal Glory, he summoned me to his
sick bed and made me promise to carry out his last wishes as a trusted friend and confidant. I promised without knowing what he
was about to say and also, at the time, I believed he was not going to
die.Well, he told me he had some money which he intended to be used for
charity,ministry,evangelical work or otherwise when he was gone, but
did not want his immediate family to know about for fear of subversion
of his promise and pledge to God.He then prayed for me and blessed me trusting that I would not subvert
his pledge to God. Before he died, he gave me information concerning
the fund and what I was to do. With all due respect to him, I waited
for the completion of the burial rites and mourning and other sundry
matters concerning him before proceeding to reach you.I have prayed concerning this issue for God's guidance and if in your
heart you geniunely desire to use this fund for the propagation of
God's work in any form wether for charity, ministry, evangelical work
or otherwise in relation to God's work, do get in touch with me and let
us pray together over this before we can make further arrangements.God bless you once again and as you receive, give God all the Glory.You are blessed in Christ Jesus.Yours in the Lord, Rev,clement okoro.
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