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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: SIS SOPHIA <sophia_heaton@hotmail.com>
Date: 10 Nov 2007 02:33:39 -0000
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP

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Mrs Sophia Heaton (JP)

12 Alnwick Road

Nairobi

Republic of Kenya



GOD IS THE ULTIMATE GIVER!



Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

I am former Mrs.Fatima Setia Larsen, now Mrs Sophia

Heaton (JP),

A widow to the Late Sheik Mohammed Heaton, I am 73

years

old, I am now a new Christian convert,suffering from

long time

cancer of the breast. From all indications my

condition is

really deteriorating and it's quite obvious that I

won't

live long according to my doctors. This is because the



cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage.

My late husband was killed during the U.S raid against



terrorism in Afghanistan when he travelled to

Afghanistan to monitor

an Hospital/a Humanitarian Foundation (HHF) he was

setting up

for the benefit of the Afghan masses as of then, whose

majority,

and 99 percent of them are muslims/ islamic scholars

and

loyalists.During the period of our marriage we

couldn't produce any

child. My late husband was very wealthy and after his

death ,

I inherited all his businesses and wealth, and when i

noticed that my condition is not improving rather it

gets worsen by the

day i decided to divide part of this wealth, to

contribute to Charity

and the development of the churches in Africa,

America, Asia

and Europe.

I selected you after visiting the internet and I

prayed over

it. I am willing to donate the fund to you for

charity,the less

priviledged, churches,orphanages and widows,

Propagating the word of

God and to ensure that the house of God is

maintained.I took this

decision upon myself because I don't have any child

that will inherit

this money and my husband relatives are not Christians

and I

don't want my husband's hard earned money to be

misused by unbelievers.

because I have come to find out that wealth

acquisition

without Christ is vanity upon vanity.

Please I want you to note that, this fund is deposited

with

a Security Firm ourside Kenya for security purpose.

and upon my instruction,

you will file in an application for the transfer of

the

fund in your name which i registered as a gold bar

with

the security company

Lastly, I honestly pray that this money when

transferred

will be used for the said purpose.

May the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,the love of

God, and

the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you and your

family.

Await Your Urgent Reply,any delay in your reply will

give me

room in sourcing for a church, another person or

christian

individual for this same purpose.

Please reply me through this email address:

sophia_heaton@hotmail.com

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Yours in Christ.

MrsSophia Heaton (JP).





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