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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 Mary Alozie <roseguei@freefoxmail.net>
Reply-To: mrs_mary4alozie@y7mail.com
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:14:41 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Greetings to you in the name of God.


Greetings to you in the name of God.
 
I am Mother Mary Alozie from cote d'Ivoire a widow to late John Alozie I am 53 years old, I am a new Christian convert, suffering from long time cancer of the breast.
 
>From all indication my condition is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious that i may not live more than six months, according to my doctors reports, and in all various test and operations regards to the medical analysis of my sickness, this is because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage that no hope for me to be a living person again,my late husband passes away mysteriously in france durring one of his business trip abroad year 12th.Febuary 2008. through his sudden death was linked or rather suspected to have been masterminded by his brother of his tranvelled with him at that time.
 
My late husband was very wealthy and after his death,I inherited all his wealth.The doctors has advised me that I may not live for more than six months, so I now decided to divide the part of this wealth, to contribute to the development of the church in Africa,America Asia and Europe especially creating solution to problems of less privileged ones, orphanage homes and cancer
patients.
 
I selected you after visiting the search and i prayed and fasted for some days over it with advise of my pastor before selecting you, i am willing to donate the sum of $4.5m US dollars, to the less privileged. Please I want you to note that this fund still with the BANK, my attorney,who presently is in Africa distributing relief materials of bomb blast areas in Suidan, will file in an application on your behalf for the transfer of the fund/money in your name.Lastly,I honestly pray that this money when transferred to you, 20% of it will be used for the said purpose even though am late then, and because I have come to find out that wealth acquisition without Christ is vanity and also of what benefits a man after gaining the whole world and loose his/her life without having Christ.
 
I made the promise to God that 20% of the fund will be use to build his temple and for orphanage.May the grace of our lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the fellowship of holy spirit, be with you and your family.
 
God bless you.

Mrs. Mary Alozie

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