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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: Favour Peter <favour.peter02@rediffmail.com>
Reply-To: favourpeter0@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:10:26 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP MY DEAREST ONE IN THE LORD,




I NEED YOUR HELP MY DEAREST ONE IN THE LORD,

I am Mrs.Favour Peter of Kuwait. I am married to Mr PeterJames  , who worked with Kuwait embassy in Ivory Coast, for over Eleven Years, a born again Christain before he died in the year 2010. We were married for eleven years without a child, he died after a brief illness that lasted only one week. Before his death we were both born again Christain Since his death I decided not to remarry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is against. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of U.S.D ($3 million) in a bank here in the capital Abidjan in Ivory Coast city, the actuality of this money is still in the bank here in Abidjan

Recently, my doctor told me that i would not last in the next four months due to my cancer problem. The one that disturbs me most is my stroke sickness. Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to honest person that will utilize this money the way I'm going to instruct him or her . I want you to use this fund for orphanages, widows, propagating and do the work of God. The Bible made us understand that "Blessed is the hand that gives." I took this decision because I have no 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 unbelievers. I do not want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly way. This is why I'm taking this decision. I have no fear of death hence I know where i am going.

the bosom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says that "the lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace." I do not need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health hence the presence of my husband's relatives around me always. I do not want he to know about this. With God all things are possible. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the bank here in the ancient capital city of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. the bosom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says that "the lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace." . I want you to always pray for me because the lord is my shepherd. My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian. Who wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and truth.

Please always be prayerful throughout your life. Any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing another person for this same purpose. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated here.

Hoping to get a response.

Remain blessed in the Lord.
Yours sister in Christ,
Mrs.Favour Peter

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