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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 Grace Godwwod <mrsgracegodwood@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsg.godwood@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 06:19:25 -0800
Subject: GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY(DON'T IGNORE THIS GOD LOVES YOU)

Hellos My Beloved Friend

Greetings in the name of God, Pls let this not sound strange to you
for my only surviving lawyer who would have done this died early this
year; I am Mrs. Grace Godwood from Germany, I am 58 years old, I am
suffering from a long time cancer of the breast which also affected my
brain, from all indication my conditions is really deteriorating and
it is quite obvious that, according to my doctors they have advised me
that i may not live for the next two months, this is because the
cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage.

I was brought up from a motherless babies home was married to my late
husband for twenty years without a child ,my husband died in a fatal
motor accident Before his death we were true believers. Since his
death I decided not to re-marry, I sold all my inherited belongings
and deposited all the sum of 2.6M dollars with a Bank.

Presently, this money is still with them and the management just wrote
me as the true owner to come forward to receive the money for keeping
it so long or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to
receive it on my behalf since I can not come over because of my
illness or they get it confiscated.I'm with my laptop in a hospital
here in London where I have been undergoing treatment for cancer of
the lungs. My doctors have told me that I have only a few months to
live. It is my last wish to see that this money is invested to any
organization of your choice and distributed each year among the
charity organization, the poor and the
motherless babies home.

I want a God fearing person who will use this money to fund churches,
orphanages and widows, I took this decision before i rest in peace
because my time will so on be up.
As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the
Bank. I will also issue you a letter of authority that will prove you
as the new beneficiary of my fund. Send me your full name and your
contact address.Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I
stated herein.

Please contact me through my private email contact:
mrsg.godwood@gmail.com as soon as possible.

Hoping to hear from you soon.

Waiting for your reply

Yours in Christ,

Mrs. Grace Godwood

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