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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: "FROM EVANGELIST BELKISU SANDA" <belkisusanda@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: belkisusanda@rocketmail.com
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:48:34 -0000 (GMT)
Subject: BELOVED. FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION.

Dear Beloved in Christ,

Calvary greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, I am EVANGELIST
BELKISU SANDA, a widow to Late DAVID SANDA, I am 70years old,I am
suffering from long time cancer of the breast.

From all indications, my condition is serious and according to my doctor
it is quite obvious that I may not survive the sickness,although as a
Christian,I believe God and I know that I will not die,I will leave to
declare the glory of God.

My late husband and my only son died in plane crash .I am presently
Leaving alone.Our Lord Jesus Christ is my comforter.My late husband was
very wealthy, an industrialist and international businessman.

We have a lot of properties including Shares and houses.After the death of
my husband,I made up my mind to travel abroad to live the rest of my life
and continue to do the work of God as a missionary.

I called our lawyer and I instructed him to sell all my husbands
properties and shares to enable me raise some money to continue my
mission.The lawyer sold the Shares and some of properties and I was able
to raise the sum of $16.7M US(Sixtten Million Seven Hundred Thousand US
Dollars)The fund is in cash,for the safety of the fund till "am able to
travel out.

I packaged the fund in consignments and deposited it with a Security company.
Presently,all the documents concerning the consignments are with my
lawyer.Now that my sickness has gone to this stage,I am scared and I want
the fund to be used for the work of God all over the world.

I have prayed concerning this donation and I told God to direct me to an
honest Person who will receive this fund and utilize it for things that
will glorify the name of God. After my prayers,I searched the christian
site in the internet,I found your email address and I decided to contact
you.

Please if in your heart you are genuinely and faithfully desired to use
this fund for the propagation of God's work in any form whether for
Charity,Ministry, Evangelical work,please send to me your,

FULL NAMES,

CONTACT ADDRESS,

TEL PHONE AND FAX NUMBER,

AGE,

INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR DRIVING LENIENCE,

OCCUPATION.

Once I recitative , I will give it to my lawyer to make immediate
arrangement with the security company on how the consignments that
contained the fund will be delivered to you.Send your reply to my lawyer
mail address; russell.jkuhn@live.com , I await your urgent reply.

Thanks and God bless you.

Yours In-Christ,

EVANGELIST BELKISU SANDA





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