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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 Felicia Bruce <feliciabruce02@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: feliciabruce01@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 04:20:03 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Charity work

Dearest in Christ,

Please, let this message not come to you as a surprise, but a divine duty. I am Mrs Felicia Bruce, I married to late Dr. Martin Bruce of blessed memory who was an Oil Explorer in Cote d'Ivoire for many years before he died in the year 2006. We were married for twenty five years without a child,
but we are both devoted Christian. Since his death I have been battling with both cancer and stroke. When my late husband was alive he deposited sum of $2.5Million (two Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) with a Bank here in Cote d'Ivoire.

According to the doctor, my medical report quotes a very short life sperm due to my health status presently. May be I may still have another 5 month to live, that I do not know but God can say. That is just my faith as a deteriorating cancer patient.

Recently, I am been disturbs by my one sided paralyses due to stroke diagnoses. Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to a devoted Christian individual or a Christian organization that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein. I want an individual or a
Christian Organization to use this money in all sincerity to fund charity organisation, build Church, and take care of orphanages and widows, and also propagating the word of God and to ensure that the society upholds the views and belief of the holy Bible.

You will take 30% and the remaining 70% will be for the charity organisation,
I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are very bad, in fact am suspecting them to be the one that killed my husband so that they will inherit all his wealth. They have possessed some of my husband properties but this fund is not
disclosed to them that is why I am searching for real brother or sister in Christ to assist in using this fund to open charity organisation. Promise me that you will use this money as I instructed you here.

As soon as I receive your reply I will send you more details about this money, Contact me with this e-mail address:( feliciabruce01@yahoo.co.jp )

Thanks and God bless you. I am waiting to hear from you
Your sister in christ
Mrs Felicia Bruce,




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