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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 Magdalene Cole Coroma <mrsmagdalene_colee@yahoo.cn>
Reply-To: mrsmagdalene_cole@yahoo.com.cn
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 20:45:49 +0800 (CST)
Subject: CALVARY GREETINGS FROM MRS MAGDALENE COLE COROMA



Dearest In Christ Jesus,

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the communion of the Holy Ghost be with you as you read this message, it is obvious, that this message will meet you with great surprise.

I am Mrs Magdalene Cole Coroma a widow from Freetown in Sierra Leone married to late Engr. Paul Coroma who was the Chief Executive Director of a Gold mining company in Ghana for eleven years before he died on the 27th of November 2006.

We were married for eleven years with-out a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before his sudden death, we were both born again Christian. And since his death I decided not to remarry or get a child outside my matrimonial home .

The shock at the news of my husbands death caused a serious sickness called STROKE to me and presently now am seriously down with LungCancer. Having known my condition now, I have decided to donate out the sum of $1.5 million u.s.dollars deposited by my late husband in a Security Company in COTE D' IVOIRE to a church or individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein. I want a church or individual that will use this fund for the helping of the orphanages, widows, propagating the word of God and to endeavour that the house of God is maintained.

Please i want you to understand that my late husband did not declear the content of the safe box where the fund was kept in as money to the company, but he decleared to them that the box contain family valuable goods, he did this to avoid loosing the money as we are foreigners in the country.

I am taking the decision to donate out this fund because i can now see myself closer to where i am going than where i am coming from in my journey of life.

Please,let my donation be in secret between you and i,as it is written in the book of [ Matthew 6:3 - 4].That when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand to know what your right hand is doing, that your charitable deed may be in secret;and your father who sees in secret will himself reward you openly.

As soon as I receive your reply in acceptance of my donation, I shall give you the contact of the Security Company. I want you as an individual or a church to always pray for me .

May Almighty God make you an eternal excellency and a joy of many generations....Amen.

Hoping to receive your reply and remain blessed in the Lord.

Yours Sincerely in Christ,
Mrs Magdalene Cole Coroma.





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