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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: VANISSA ABBA <vanissa.abba20@btinternet.com>
Reply-To: vanissaabba@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 10:58:53 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: hello



Dear in Christ, 
  
May the good Lord bless you in Jesus'
name 
  
i greet you on behalf of our Lord Jesus Christ. our I
am madan  Vanissa Abba from Republic of Kuwait, where I was with my husband Mr
Williams Abba who worked with Kuwait embassy in Ivory Coast for nine years
before he died last year.
We were married for eleven years without a child.
He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before his death
we were both born again Christian. Since his death I decided not to marry again
or not get a child outside my home against which the Bible is.
 
When my
late husband was alive he deposited the sum of $ 2.5 00 million dollars of
united state. joined in a bank in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire West Africa. Presently,
this money is still in the bank. Recently, my doctor told me not to take the
next eight months due to cancer problem.
 
Anyone who disturbs me most
is my motion sickness. Knowing my condition I decided to donate this fund to a
charity organization that will use this money the way I am going to mandar
attached. I want an organization that uses this fund for the orphanage, schools,
churches, widows, propagating the word of God and endeavor that the house of God
is maintained. The Bible made us to understand that "blessed is the hand that
gives."
I took this decision because I do not have any child that will
inherit this money and my husband relatives are not Christians and I do not want
my husband efforts to be used by people who do not believe in God.
 
I
do not want a situation where this money will be used in a diabolical way. This
is why I am taking this decision. I am not afraid of death hence I know where I
go. I know that I will be in the chest of the Lord. The Exodus 14 v 14 says that
"Mr fight my case and I will conduct my peace."
 
I do not need any
telephone communication in this respect because of my health hence the presence
of my husband's relatives around me always. I would not want them to know about
this development. With God all things are possible. As soon as I receive your
reply I will give you the contact of the bank in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire West
Africa.
We also publish a letter that you try the current beneficiary of
this fund from the ministry of justice, Cote d'Ivoire. I wish you and the church
always rogaran for me because the lord is my shepherd. My happiness is that I
lived a life worthy of a Christian.
 
Whoever wants to serve the Lord
must serve him in spirit and truth. Please always pray with all your life. To
contact the email above, any delay in your reply will give me the site in
sourcing another church for this same purpose. Please make sure to act
accordingly as indicated below. I wait to receive your reply
soon. 
 
Yours sister in Christ,
may the Lord bless you.   

Sister Vanissa Abba.

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