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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: j w <gftgfgfdtrfdfd655645@msn.com>
Reply-To: <jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjwilliams@googlemail.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 06:29:34 +0000
Subject: Mrs. Judith Williams





Hello,

Jesus is the Savior,
In His kingdom there will be no pain, no sickness, no suffering, no death but we will be like angels, Psalm 82:3-4 defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked. I am Mrs. Judith Williams from Liberia . I am married to Mr. Greg Williams here in London for nine years before he died in 2003. We were married for eleven years without a child.

After my late husband died for brief illness that lasted four days, we were born again Christian. Since the death of my husband I decided not to get married to any man. When my husband was alive he had a fixed deposited the of $2,000,000.00 (Two Million U.S. Dollars) presently, this money is still in a bank. Recently, last week my Doctor told me that I will only last for few months due to cancer/stroke sickness. Having known my condition I decided to contact you as a good Christian that will use my late husband fund to help the widows the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.

Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked and maintained churches. I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are not Christians and I don't want my husband’s efforts to be used by unbelievers. Deuteronomy 10:17-19 For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes. He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the alien, giving him food and clothing. James 1:27 - Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

Psalm 10:14, 17-18 but you, O God, do see trouble and grief; you consider it to take it in hand. The victim commits himself to you; you are the helper of the fatherless. You hear, O Lord, the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry, defending the fatherless and the oppressed, in order that man, who is of the earth, may terrify no more.

Please send me your complete information, so that i will contact my family attorney to assist you in this project.

(1). Full names:
(2). contact address:
(3). Phone:
(4). Cell phone:
(5). Age:
(6). Occupation

Your's faithfully,

Mrs. Judith Williams



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