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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: "Johnson Adele" <adelej@student.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:03:19 +0100
Subject: HELLO


My name is Adele Johnson a citizen of Senegal but living in Abidjan- Cote
D'Ivoire. I am a former mistress to Mr.Issca Avidar, an Israeli and
international Diamond Merchants who lived in Abidjan-Cote D'Ivoire here
before his death on June last Year.
I was very suprised on 3rd of Febuary this year when the lawyer of my late
Lover came to me and informed me that from the Will of my late Lover
Mr.Issca Avidar that i am entitled to the sum of Eight Million United State
Dollars that is deposited in one of the financial bank in London UK, I never
expected such gift in my life, but i don't know why God did it. Now am on a
sick bed and my health condition will not allow me to enjoy or invest this
money, i am living on kidney transplanting for a long time and the other
kidney is bad now, but what disturbs me most is that recently my doctor told
me that i have cancer of the lungs that was caused by heavy smoking and
drinking, he told me that with my bad kidneys and lung's cancer that my days
to live are numbered, that i may not leave for the next few months.
I asked him if there will be any cure to my health condition and he said NO,
i reflected into my past life and saw my present health condition as a
punishment from above, may be as a result of my bad past life, so i decided
to seek the face of God now that i am still breathing by donating out this
Eight Million United State Dollars that was Willed to me by my late Lover
for charity welfares like (for orphanages, widows, propagating the word of
God and to build an orphanages in my memory since i am an orphan too). i
need a good church or individual that will utilize this money the way i will
just mentioned below :
Below is how i will like you to use the money when released to you,you will
keep 15% of the total money for yourself and you must use the remaining in
(1)building an orphanage in any country of ur choice (but i will like it to
be in my country Senegal) in my name and mermory. (2)propagating the word of
God and helping the widows, sick, churches and orphans.
(3)building maternity home/ hospital in mermory of late Mr.Issca Avidar.
The above are the 3 major things i want you to do with the money when
released to you, so please search ur mind and conscience very well and make
sure that you will do the above before replying me again.
Once i get a reply from you assuring me that you will fullfil these dreams,
i will give you the neccesary information you need to know and will write a
letter of authorization to the financial institute in UK to release the
money to you as the new beneficiary to my late lover's deposited money.
Please always pray for me for God's mercy and forgiveness.
Adele (adelejohnson4christ@yahoo.co.jp)

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