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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.Jessica Jorgensen" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsjessjorgen01@sify.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 02:44:07 -0700
Subject: RE:From Mrs.Jessica Jorgensen

>From Mrs.Jessica Jorgensen
Of Atos Medical B.V.Postbus 475 7200 AN Zoetermeer
Netherlands.


Dear Friend,

Greetings to you in the most wonderful name of our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ .His richest blessings shall be upon you forever.,Please let this not
sound strange to you for my only surviving lawyer who would have done this
died early this year.i prayed and got your email id from your country's
chambers of commerce which i have been with my late husband and liked to
visit once more if God will in his infinite mercies.

I am Mrs.Jessica Jorgensen,I am 53 years old from Netherlands,i am deaf and
suffering from a long time cancer of the Lungs and Pneumonia which also
disordered my mental system long time ago,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 a long period of
time,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 auto accident on his way to work on a broad day
light.Before his death we were true Christians.Since his death I decided not
to re-marry,I sold all my inherited belongings and deposited all the sum of
$18.5million dollars with a Security Company in Nigeria because we spent our
lifetime there and he worked there all his life with an oil company (Chevron
Petroleum Plc.) 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
whom i trust to receive it on my behalf since I can not come over because of
my illness or they get it traded on or diverted to the Federal Account.
Presently, I'm with my old laptop in an hospital where I have been
undergoing treatment for cancer of the lungs together with the Pneumonia
disease.


Since then i have lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I
have only 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 where i
come from.I want you to be a God fearing person, to also use this money to
fund churches,orphanages,widows and the less privileges because there is
nothing to live for any more, and it is said that blessed are those that
giveth to the ones that findeth.


I took this decision, before i rest in peace because my time will soon be
up. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the
Security Company in Nigeria. I will also issue you a letter of authority
that will prove you as the new beneficiary of my fund. Please assure me that
you will act accordingly as I stated herein. I shall wait for your
prayerful reply, Thanking you in His precious name.


May God Bless You Abundantly for your considerations and seeing reasons why
we must help the poor and the less privileges.
Your`s in Christ
Mrs.Jessica Jorgensen.


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