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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: Mrs Paula George <fatthmed01@postribe.com>
Reply-To: mrspaulag@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2013 05:51:25 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Apostolic Greetings from Mrs. Paula George




Apostolic Greetings from Mrs. Paula George

My Beloved,
Endeavor to use the Fund as i stated herein!!!

With due Respect and Humanity I write to donate and hand over this  fund to you for orphanages and widows / less privileged and  propagate the gospel of God(US$5.8M) Five million eight hundred  thousand dollars deposited in a security firm in Cote d'Ivoire by my  late husband. I, Mrs. Paula George, 68 years old without a child,  married to late Engr. Ramsey George from Israel who worked with Oil  company (PETROCI) Cote d'Ivoire before he died in the year 2010  after a Cardiac Arteries Operation, presently my doctor said I will  not last for four months due to Colon Cancer, So you are requested to send your full information such as:

(1)YOUR FULL NAME:
(2)YOUR TELEPHONE AND FAXNUMBER:
(3)YOUR RESIDENT ADDRESS:
(4)SEX:
(5)YOUR COUNTRY:
(6)YOUR AGE:
(7)OCCUPATION:
(8)IDENTIFICATION PASSPORT:

Please always remember me in your daily prayers and assure me that you will act accordingly as I have Stated herein.

Thanks and waiting your quick response.

God bless us,

Mrs Paula George.

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