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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 Daniel Elizabeth ." <mrselizabethdaniels@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:30:45 +0100
Subject:

Dear Beloved in Christ ,


It is by the grace of God that I received Christ, knowing the truth
and the truth has set me free. Having known the truth, I had no choice
than to do what is lawful and right in the sight of God for eternal
life and in the sight of man for witness of Gods mercy and glory upon
my life.



I am Mrs. Elizabeth Daniel.I am married to Engr. Daniel Franky who
worked with Chevron/Texaco in London for twenty years before he died
in the year 2004.We were married for twenty-seven years without a
child. He was held hostage and slain to death by protesting youths of
the region. 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 $25million usd with
Barclays Bank of London. Presently, this money is still with the Bank
and the management just wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward to
receive the money or rather issue a letter of authorization to
somebody to receive it on my behalf if I cannot come over.Presently,
I'm with my laptop in a hospital where I have beenundergoing treatment
for cancer of the lungs.

I have since lost my ability to talk and hear well and my doctorshave
told me that I have only a few months to live. It is my last wish to
see that this money is invested and at the end of every year
distributed among charity organization, churches and orphanage home. I
want a person that is God fearing that 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 giver t. I took this decision
because I know that there are allot of poor people suffering from
different kind of disease and nobody to come to their aid. With God
all things are possible.

I also took this decision because I don't have any child that will
inherit this money 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 the
Lord will fight my course and I shall Hold my peace If you know
truthfully that you can do exactly what i wish to use this money to
do, Please write me back with your full name and phone number. I want
somebody that will use this fund for the service of God and
humanity.If you can honestly, do this that I request, I will be glad
to hand you over the said $25million usd . I hope to hear from you.



Remain Blessed.

Mrs. Elizabeth Daniel

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