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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: Pastor Maurice Godwin <pastormaurice_godwin02@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:29:44 +0400
Subject: Dearly Beloved ,,FROM PASTOR MAURICE GODWIN....

Dear,

I am Pastor Maurice Godwin i saw your profile in one of the
web.Concerning the thing that i want to talk to you about,:

This is something about a girl whose name is Anita.Her parents died on
a very ghastly and fatal motor accident.The father of this Anita is a
very rich and wealthy man but he has no son his daughter Anita would
not inherit his property according to the tradition of the people in
their area. which states that a girl cannot inherit the wealth of her
father only the male child can, But this man has no son.

So the uncles of this girl now take all the possession of the late man
and push the girl out.She is now with me.This girl being an actful
lady
secured the money his father dropped in the bank( $3.3m Us
dollars.)which her wicked uncles knew not about.So the problem we have
is if you can
help us by concurring and accepting our request to send the money to
your account. once this is done we will come over there,on behalf of
Anita and have the money shared. And do know that we are ready to give
you
20% of the total fund once the money is secured through you.

So if you are willing to help us,


please mail me immediately. via my private

email; ( pastormaurice_godwin02@yahoo.com )

May God Bless you abundantly

Regards,

Pastor Maurice Godwin



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