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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: "EVANGELIST MARY JONES" <evangelist_mary_jones1071@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <evangelistmaryjones@indiatimes.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:08:42 +0100
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 70 years old,Iam 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, 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 $10.5M US(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 as family valuables and deposited it with a Security Company.
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 aregeniunely 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 thefund 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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