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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: Mercy Fredrick <mercy_fredrick2@yahoo.cn>
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:09:01 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Donation From Sister Mercy Fredrick,


Donation From Sister Mercy
Fredrick,

May our good Lord bless you, reward you for your going
out and your coming in through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

I am Sister Mercy Fredrick
from Kuwait; I am
married to late Mr Katema Fredrick who worked with Kuwait embassy here in Ivory Coast
for nine years before he died in the year 2004.

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 remarry or get a child
outside my matrimonial home which the bible is against. When my late
husband was alive he left the sum of $2.5 Million (Two million five
hundred thousand U.S. Dollars) in a general trust account with a Bank
here in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire West Africa, Recently, following my ill
health my doctor told me that I would not last for the next Eight months
due to my cancer problem.

He told me that in the next 2 months
there is going to be a spread of this cancer to my bones and I will not
live again, the one that disturbs me most is my stroke sickness. Having
known my condition I decided to donate this fund to a Christian,
Individual, and Organization or church that I know may need it and that
will utilize this money the way i am going to instruct herein according
to the desire of my late husband before his death.

Presently,
this money is still with the Bank. I want this fund to be used in
liberation work Activities like, help to Pastors families, Orphanages,
less privileged in the society and Christian schools, poor people in
your amidst and up keeping of the Churches and for propagating the word
of God and to endeavour that the house of God is maintained.

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. I don't want a situation where this money will be used in
an ungodly way. This is why I am taking this decision.

The holy
Bible made us to understand that "Blessed is the hand that giveth".I am
not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am
going to be in the bosom of the Lord. (Exodus 14 vs. 14) says that the lord will fight my case and I shall hold my
peace. I don't need any telephone
communication in this regard because of my health. With God all things
are possible.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you
the contact of the crediting bank for you to make contact with them
directly for onward transfer and crediting. I will also issue you an
authority letter that will prove you as the present beneficiary of my
funds. I want you and your family to always pray for me because the lord
is my shepherd. My happiness in life is that I lived a life of a worthy
Christian. Whoever that wants to serve the Lord must serve him in
spirit and truth.

Please, always be prayerful all through your
life, any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing another
person for this same purpose. Please assure me that you will act
accordingly as I stated herein.

Hoping to receive your reply,
remain blessed in the Lord.

Yours in Christ,

Sister Mercy Fredrick
 




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