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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: rHOPE FOR THE NEEDY <mrssamnangayman@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: katherinedriskell2000@yahoo.co.th
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 00:53:37 -0300
Subject: From Mrs. Katherine Driskell




Greetings in Jesus name,

I am Mrs. Katherine Driskell 67 YEARS of age a widow, a citizen of
Thailand. I am married to Late Mr. Cho Driskell of blessed memory who was
an oil explorer in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait for Sixteen years before he died
in the year 2012. We were married for twelve years without a child; he died
after a brief illness that lasted for only four days.

Since his death I too have been battling with both Cancer of the lungs and
fibroid problems. When my late Husband was alive he deposited a substantial
amount of money worth USD$2, 500, 000,00 (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) with a Financial Institution herein Thailand which I
inherited after his death. Just recently, my doctor told me that I have
only 5 month to live due to my unfortunate ailment.

Having known my condition I decided to hand over this funds to a devoted
God fearing individual/organization that will utilize this money for
charity purpose and to help the needy the way I am going to instruct
therein. I want the individual to use this money in all sincerity to fund
charity homes (motherless homes), orphanages, and widows. I took this
decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and my
husband relatives are into radical organization and I don't want a
situation where this money will be used in an unholy manner, Hence the
reasons for this bold decision.

Please, pray for me to recover as your prayers will go a long way in
uplifting my spirit. I don't need any telephone communication in this
regard because of my health condition which has seriously affected my
hearing and also because of the presence of my husband's relatives around
me always for I don't want them to know about this development.

As soon as I receive your reply INFORMATION: I shall give you further
directives on what to do and how to go about actualizing this project. I
want you to always pray for me. Any delay in your reply will give room in
sourcing for an organization or a devoted Individual for this same purpose.
Until I hear from you by email,My dreams will rest squarely on your
shoulders.

I will be expecting your reply.
Thanks and God bless you.
Yours Sincerely Love Sister,
Mrs. Katherine Driskell

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