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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
- This email message is a "dying widow" scam.
Fraud email example:
From: "Rose Li Chong" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rose_lichong@yahoo.com.sg>
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 12:16:56 -0500
Subject: GREETINGS
My dearest in Lord,
I pray God will grant you the willingness and interest to digest this humble narrations through 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 through we have not met or seen each other before.
My name is Mrs. Rose Li Chong , the matrimonial wife of late Dr. Yang Wong Chong all citizen of Singapore, An contractor worked with PETRONAS Oil Refinery in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, we were married for many years without any child till his death in October 2008 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 re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home.
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 thousands of people.
He made this deposit of $6.9m (Six Million Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars) in Bank in Malaysia where he lived and invested most of his life. Recently due to my sudden ill health my Doctor told me that i would not last for the next 5 months due to Muscular Dystrophy sickness is deteriorating the more.
Having known my condition I decided to seek for a competent and reliable God fearing person or church to entrust this fund to utilize the way i narrated above as my late husband desired. The Bible made us to understand that "Blessed is the hand that given". 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 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.
As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the relevant documents that will legalize you to have access over this fund.
Please assure me that you will act accordingly as i stated herein.
Yours Sister,
Mrs. Rose Li Chong
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