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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: Mrs Joy <mrs.joy51@yahoo.ca>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:31:48 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Urgent Confirmation......From Lome-Togo




Dear Beloved,
=A0
Can you handle a full time humaniterian activities? Then this mail is for y=
ou.Let me hasten to introduce myself as Mrs,Grace Nazeer Gill,from Isreal I=
'm married to Mr. Nazeer Gill of same nationality who until his death was a=
farmer after retiring from his military carrier and become a timber export=
marchant here in the republic of Togo.
=A0
It's a sorrowful thing to say that he died in a fatal motor accident alongs=
ide with our only son on the 19th of may 2003, while coming back from a pra=
yer meeting. (God knows the best). When my husband was alive, He deposited =
his life's savings (u.s $15.3 million) with a security company here in the =
republic of Togo,with my name as the next of kin as God may have it, recent=
ly i was diagonised of liver cancer and the doctors said that my conditon i=
s very critical and as an adult of my age i know what that means by seeing =
the hand writing on the wall though i am not afraid of death,i am presently=
at admitted at one of the private hospital here in Togo.
=A0
In view of my condition, and the fact that i have nobody to leave this mone=
y behind for, with the exception of my husband people who are not Christain=
s, i decided to donate this money to either to a born again christian or a =
living Church or a humaniterian organization that will use this money in pr=
opagating the good message of God and also taking care of the orphans,widow=
s, and the needy generally.(prov.19:17). By so doing, i would have succeded=
in immortalising the names of my late Husband and my only Son.Beloved,thou=
gh i am sick and dying, i am not afraid of death because i know were i am g=
oing.My soul has found a resting place in the bossom of the lord.As soon as=
i completed my heart desire which i hope will be also desire of our Lord s=
ince i am not going back to my country home i am satisfy on this part of ch=
ristain world, i will give you the contact of the security company and the =
legal document that would warrant the change of ownership.Please
understand that this message requires urgency as my ill-health demands,any=
delay in your response will give me room to contact other person,i also wa=
nt an assurance that you will use this money for the purpose i have stated =
here.=20

Hope to hear from you.N.B:The money was deposited in a Trunk Box with the s=
ecurity house by my late husband as a family treasure and the security comp=
any did not know its contents and this was done inorder not to lose the fun=
d. And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall r=
eap if we do not lose heart.(Galatians 6vs.9).
=A0
Remain blessed,
Mrs.JOY N.Gill =0A=0A=0A _____________________________________________=
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