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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: faith isaiah <faithisaiah89@msn.com>
Reply-To: <faithisaiah88@mysinamail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:28:25 +0000
Subject: From: Mrs. Faith Isaiah




From: Mrs. Faith Isaiah
Writing from the hospital.

Beloved in the Lord,

God bless you and your entire family.
I’m writing this message to you now through a divine direction from God who has reviewed you’re honest and faithfulness to me in prayers. Understand that religion is not Christianity. The Spirit of the Lord is upon you, because he has chosen you to bring good news to the poor. He has sent you to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of the sight to the blind, to set free the oppressed and announce that the time has come when the Lord will save his people. The Lord said to Joshua, "What I do today will make all the people of Israel begin to honour you as a great man and they will realize that I am with you as I was with Moses (Joshua 3 V 1). What our God will use you to do in your country will make people to know that God is with you and has bring you into the country to bring changes to the poverty homes. The question now is that, are you ready to handle his service without applying betrayals to the trust of God in your life? Will you be capable to pay the price of Fear because when fear controls your life, it will reduce the ability of God in your life as well paralysis your future. Are you ready to confirm your honest and faithfulness which the good God has reviewed to me in prayers? Are you ready to open the mouth of poor people to sing praises to the Holy Name of God through blessings they will receive from this donation funds that God has chosen you to handle? Your answer to this questions will be recorded in the book of life which you knows that after death, judgement follows as you can see that we are strangers on the earth, we came to do the service of God which every each of us will give account of his/her service on the earth. So, as you finish reading this message, be in spirit and seek the face of God for him to enlighten you more in his purpose of directly unknown sister Faith Isaiah with this below mentioned huge amount of money for his service.

In brief introduction, my name is Mrs. Faith Isaiah, a widow suffering from throat/breast cancer married to Late Mr. Isaiah who was a contractor, without a child in our 18 years of marriage. Being considering my present health situation, I decided to donate the only funds US$9,850,000.00 million US dollars that I inherited from my beloved late husband which is still with the affiliated office of the security company in London that he kept the funds under their custody. Our living God will richly bless your labours and endeavours to work for His Kingdom with your entire honest and faithful mind. Please always be putting your sister in prayers for more strength of God upon my life, and will be looking forward for your quick reply for a proper confirmation of your readiness to carry on this service that will lead to good news to the poor. Send me your complete names, your home address, telephone number and your identification photo which I will submit to the security company office in London for the final delivery of trunk box containing this donation amount to your home address. Please be in spirit and read this message and reply urgently.

Yours in Christ Jesus,
Mrs. Faith Isaiah

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