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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: "Mrs. Fama Mehmet" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jcareen01@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 27 May 2012 16:56:10 +0300
Subject: Greeting....

Dearest One In The Lord,

I am Mrs. Katrien Glaubitz of Netherlands; I married to Dr. Hans Glaubitz, who worked with Netherlands Embassy at the US, for nine years before his death on December 2010.We were married for eleven years without a child. My husband died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before his death, we were both born again Christians and when my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of $4.7 Million Dollars with one of the Bank in the US.

Presently the money is still with the bank and the management wrote me as the beneficiary to step forward and claim my late husband FUND, or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf since I can not come to US, due to my cancer illness here in London. So I was able to go through search with my laptop at the hospital where I have been undergoing treatment for cancer which had indicated to my doctor that I would not last for the next three months.

It is my last wish to see this money distributed to charity organizations, churches because my husband relatives have plundered so much of our wealth since my husband's death and my illness too. I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them. Please I beg you in the name of God to help me and utilize the above mentioned funds and its interest and distribute it accordingly. My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian. So 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, Please always be prayerful all through your life.

Having knows my Condition that I have decided to donate this fund to church or a Christian individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct here. I want a person that has God fearing in him/her. Someone that will use this money on churches, or orphanages etc propagating the word of God and to ensure that the house of God is maintained. Because my Bible made me to understand that blessed is the hand that giveth. I took this decision because I don’t have any child that will inherit this money. My husband relatives are not Christians and I Don't want this hard earned money to be misused by Unbelievers. I don't want a Situation where this money will be used in an ungodly Manner.

My Dearest one in the lord I shall introduce you to the bank where my late husband deposited his Fund as the as the rightful next of kin as soon as I receive your response and I will Also issue you a letter of authorization that will empower You as the rightful beneficiary next of kin to my late husband. And please I don’t need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health condition and the presence of my husband's relatives around me always. I don’t want them to know about this development. Any delay in your reply will give me room in searching for a church or Christian individual for this same purpose so your urgent response is needed immediately.

Kindly reply direct to my private email for further details(trustingod01@writeme.com)

Yours Sister in the Lord,
Mrs. Katrien Glaubitz

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