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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: "MRS CYNTHIA JORGENSEN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jorgencynthia@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:08:08 -0000
Subject: I BRING YOU CALVARY GREETINGS OF JOY UNSPEAKABLE test

Dear Beloved
 
Greeting in the name of God, I am Mrs. Cynthia Jorgensen. From Netherlands. I
am deaf and suffering from a long time cancer of the Lungs which has also
affected my brain, from all indication my conditions is really deteriorating and
it is quite obvious that according to my doctors they have advised me that i
live for the next two months, this is because of the cancer stage, I was married
to Dr.Franklyn Jorgensen who worked for twenty years before he died. We were
married for twenty-seven years without a child. He died during one of the riot
in the Iraq war. He was held hostage and slain to death by protesting youths of
the region in Iraq. Before his death we were both born again Christians. Since
his death I decided not to re-marry. When my late husband was alive he deposited
the sum $6.5 Million (USD) with a Security Company.
 
Presently, this money is still with the Security Company and the management
just wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward and receive the money or rather
issue a letter of Authorization/security and batch number to somebody to receive
it on my behalf if I cannot come over.
 
Presently, I m with my laptop in Hospital where I have been undergoing
treatment for cancer of the lungs. I have since lost my ability to talk and my
doctors have told me that I have only a few months to live. It is my last wish
to see that this money is invested to proceed at the end of every year
distributed among charity organization. I want someone that is God fearing who
will use this money to fund churches, orphanages and widows propagating the word
of God and to ensure that the house of God is maintained.
 
 
The Bible made us to understand that blessed is the hand that giveth. I took
this decision because i know that there are a lot of poor people suffering from
different kind of disease and nobody to come to their aid. With God all things
are possible. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of
the Morgan Trust Security Company. I will also issue you a letter of authority
that will prove you as the beneficiary of this Fund. You are to help me invest
these funds into real estate, stocks, donations for the poor, motherless baby
homes, deaf and blind organizations etc. You will be entitled to 10% of every
profit you make in a year.
 
 
Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein.
Hoping to hearing from you soon.
Waiting for your reply yours in Christ,
Yours in His Service,
Mrs. Cynthia Jorgensen

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