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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: "mrs.elizabethzarracole3 Gazeta.pl" <mrs.elizabethzarracole3@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: mrs.elizabethzarracole@yahoo.co.in
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 15:13:24 +0100
Subject: Greetings to you in the name of God.


Greetings to you in the name of God.

I am Mother Elizabeth Zarra Cole from sierra Leone a widow to late Patrick
Cole I am 61 years old, I am a new Christian convert, suffering from long
time cancer of the breast.

From all indication my condition is really deteriorating and it is quite
obvious that i may not live more than three months, according to my doctors
reports, and in all various test and operations regards to the medical
analysis of my sickness, this is because the cancer stage has gotten to a
very bad stage that no hope for me to be a living person again,my late
husband was killed during the U.S. raid against terrorism in
Afghanistan,and during the period of our marriage we had a son who was also
killed in a cold blood during the war.

My late husband was very wealthy and after his death,I inherited all his
wealth.The doctors has advised me that I may not live for more than six
months, so I now decided to divide the part of this wealth, to contribute
to the development of the church in Africa,America Asia and Europe
especially creating solution to problems of less privileged ones, orphanage
homes and cancer patients.

I selected you after visiting the website and i prayed and fasted for some
days over it with advise of my pastor before selecting you, i am willing to
donate the sum of $15.5m US dollars, to the less privileged.Please I want
you to note that this fund is lying in security company and upon my
instruction, my attorney,who presently is in Africa distributing relief
materials of bomb blast in sierra-Leone, will file in an application on
your behalf for the transfer of the fund/money in your name.Lastly,

I honestly pray that this money when transferred to you, 70% of it will be
used for the said purpose even though am late then, and because I have come
to find out that wealth acquisition without Christ is vanity and also of
what benefits a man after gaining the whole world and loose his/her life
without having
Christ.

I made the promise to God that 70% of the fund will be use to build his
temple and for orphanage.May the grace of our lord Jesus Christ, the love
of God and the fellow, be with you and your family.I await your urgent reply
in my private email address: elizycole6161@myway.com

God bless you.
Mrs. Elizabeth Zarra Cole.
Remain blessed in Jesus name (Amen).

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