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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. Helen Anderson Carolos" <revandersonministry@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 12:33:10 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CAN I DEPOSITE 5.3 MILLION GBP IN YOUR ACCOUNT ?

Beloved.

  Please read this slowly and carefully, as it may be one of the most important emails you ever get. I am Mrs Helen Anderson Carolos from Greece.
I was married to Late Mr Anderson Carolos .The CEO Carolos Link Ltd London United Kingdom, a seasoned contractor in England. He died on Monday, 31 July, 2000
in Paris. We were married for eleven years without a child. After his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home. When
my late husband was alive, he deposited the sum of 5.3 Million GBP in a bank in England, which is now wasting there. My Doctor told me that I would not
last for the next three months due to cancer problem. Having known my condition I decided to donate this funds to better the lives of the less privileged.

I need honest and trust worthy individual that will utilize this money in accordance with my instruction.I want the funds to be used in funding
religious organizations, orphanages and less privileged propagating the word of God. I took this decision because I don't have any child that will
inherit this money and my husband relatives are very unkind to me and I don't want my husbands hard earned money to be misused. 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 thelord will fight
my course and I shall hold my peace.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Bank, for them to process the and transfer the funds to you. For legitimacy,
you will be issue you a letter of authority that will empower you as the original-beneficiary of this fund. I want you to always pray for me,Any
delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing for another individual for this same purpose.

 I have discussed my intentions of making you my next of kin with my pastor and father in Christ i.e Rev Sermon Bartholomew and he is going to work
with the legal chamber and Bank to secure this funds in a very proper and legal manner and he will make all arrangement in your name, as the beneficiary
of the funds and also my next of kin, i decided to bring in my pastor and father in Christ to help procure the needed legal papers and secure the funds in a
very legal manner to the bank to be transferred to you because it is him alone i can trust on this as he has been my pastor for years and has always been
a helper on me with prayers and my daily care.
  Please contact my pastor and father in Christ on his email : revbartholomewministry@gmail.com with your details to enable him commerce with the legal
aspect of the WILL, you are to send email response only to my pastor and father in Christ on his email on his email address [ revbartholomewministry@gmail.com ]
to enable him commerce with fund transfer processes with the bank.

Thanks,
Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Helen Anderson Carolos
E-MAIL : mrshelencarolos@hotmail.co.uk
  

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