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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: Lian Ali John <caterinealim@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: mrslianalijohn@hotmail.fr
Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2011 21:28:18 +0100 (BST)
Subject: aa






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Caro Devotedo um favor a fim de compreender essa mensagem para o seu próprioentendimento, por favor translete a letra enligish à carta o seu muitoobrigado que Deus abençoe você enquanto você fazê-lo

Seu irmão em Cristo,
irmã Sr Lian Ali John

Beloved in Christ,
 
I greet you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ our Lord, My Name is  Mrs Lian Ali  John From Republic of Kuwait, when I was with my late husband Dr Alexandra Ali John, who worked with Kuwait embassy in Ivory Coast nine years before he died, 12 / 01/2007. We were married for eleven years without a child. He died after a briefillness that lasted only four days. Before his death we were both born again Christian. Since his death I decided not to remarry or not having a child outside my house that against the Bibleis. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of € 7 Million 500.000 European Union currency at a bank in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire in WestAfrica.Presently, this money is still on the benk. Recently, my doctor told me it would not last the next eight months due to cancer problem. Please, I need to use this fund for charity Work.
 
Why i want  this fund to be used for charity work is my promise to God before my sickness. Knowing my condition I decided to donate this fund to a charitable organization that will utilize this money the way I'm going to send deputy. I want an organization that will use this fund for orphanages, schools, churches, widows, propagating the word of God and endeavor that the house of God is maintained. The Bible fezcompreender that "blessed is the hand that  gives." I took this decision because we do not have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are not Christians and I do not want my husband efforts to be used by people who do not believe in God.
 
I do not want asituation where this money will be used in a bad way.That is why I am taking this decision. I'm not afraid of death hence I know where I go. Iknow this will be the Lord's breast. Exodus 14 v 14 says that " fight my case and I shall conduct my peace."

I do not need any telephon ecommunication in this regard because of my health hence the presence ofmy husband's relatives around me always. I do not want them to know a bout this development. With God all things are possible. Once we receive your response I will give you the contact of the bank in Abidjan Ivory coast West Africa. We also publish a  letter that you try the current beneficiaries of the guarantee fund of the Ministry of Justice,Côte d'Ivoire. I wish you and the Church has always rogaran for me because the Lord is my shepherd. My happiness is that I lived a life worthy of a Christian.

Anyone who wants to serve the Lord must servehim in spirit and truth.Please pray always with all his life. To contact the email above, any delay in your reply will give me the site to purchase another church for this same purpose. Please be sure to act  accordingly, as indicated  below. The wait to receive your reply soon.
Continue in the Lord blessed him.
Your brother in Christ,

Sister Lian Ali John

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