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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 Joyce Ghagahaini <mrsjoyce_ghagahaini126@yahoo.cn>
Reply-To: mrsjoyceghagahanii@yahoo.cn
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 05:29:23 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Apostolic Greetings !!!




Dearest In Christ.

God will grant you the
willingness and interest to digest this humble narrations though it might be so
surprise and strange to believe my story but i knew by the reason of the
almighty you will humbly understood and accept to proceed with my proposal
though we have not met or seen each other before.

My name is Mrs. Joyce
Ghagahaini a widow to Mr.Krossa Ghagahaini who was a competent business man here
in Abidjan Cote d'ivoire , we were married for many yrs without any child till
his death in October 2005 after a brief illness. Due to the promise which i
revered to him on the alter at the day of our church wedding i decided not to
remarry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which is against the holy
bible.

My happiness is that my late husband lived a life of a true &
worthy Christian and he has this plan before his death which he pleaded with me
to appropriate it to accomplishment. He took this decision with me to use this
fund in building an orphanage in his name that will accommodate thousand's of
children, and also to use part of this fund in helping the less fortunate and to
spread the gospel of the lord to the remote places of the world.

He made
this deposit of $( 2.7 Million )USD Two million Seven hundred thousand in a
Finance Security Company here in Abidjan . Recently, my Doctor told me that i
would not last for the next 5 months due to cancer & stroke
illness.

Having known my condition i decided to seek for a competent and
reliable God fearing person or church to entrust this fund to utilize this fund
the way i narrated above as my late husband desired.

The Bible made us 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 and my late husband's
relatives are not Christians and I don't want my late husband's efforts to be
used by unbelievers.

I don't want a situation where this money will be
used in an ungodly way. This is why I am taking this decision. I am not afraid
of death hence i know where i am going. I don't need any telephone communication
in this regard because of my health hence the presence of my husband's relatives
are around me always. i don't want them to know about this
development.

As soon as i receive your reply i shall give you the
relevant documents that will legalize you to have access over this fund. I will
also issue you an affidavit that will proove you the present beneficiary of this
fund in the Finance Security Company. I want you and the church to always pray
for me because the lord is my shepherd.

My happiness is that i and my
late husband lived a life of a worthy Christian. Whoever that Wants to serve the
Lord must serve him in spirit and Truth.

Please always be prayerful all
through your life and pray to God to forgive me my sins. Contact me on my
private email bellow, any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing for
another church or a God fearing person for this same purpose.

Please
assure me that you will act accordingly as i stated herein. Hoping to receive
your reply.

Your's Sister In Christ,
Mrs. Joyce
Ghagahaini.
Alternative Email Address (mrsjoyceghagahanii@yahoo.cn)

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