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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: Sarah Cooksey <nina_johnson40@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Sarah Cooksey <cookseysarah23@yahoo.co.th>
Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 04:36:46 +0900 (JST)
Subject: NECESITO CONFIAR.......I NEED TRUST.


DEAREST ONE,
 
I GREET YOU IN NAME OF OUR LORD
JESUS CHRIST; MY NAME IS MRS SARAH COOKSEY. I AM MARRIED TO
GENERAL MINISTER JAMES H COOKSEY IN IVORY
COAST, WE WERE MARRIED FOR ELEVEN YEARS WITHOUT A CHILD BEFORE HE DIED
DURING THE POLITICAL
ELECTION CRISIS, WE WERE BOTH BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN, SINCE HIS DEATH I DECIDED
NOT TO RE-MARRY OR GET A CHILD OUTSIDE MY MATRIMONIAL HOME, WHEN MY LATE
HUSBAND WAS ALIVE HE DEPOSITED THE TOTAL SUM OF 23. 500. 000. 00 MILLIONS UNITED
STATE DOLLARS ONLY IN ROYAL BANK OF IVORY COAST HERE, PRESENTLY, MY
DOCTOR CONFIRMED TO ME THAT I HAVE SERIOUS SICKNESS WHICH IS CANCER
PROBLEM, THE ONE THAT DISTURBS ME MOST IS MY STROKE SICKNESS, HAVING KNOWN MY
CONDITION NOW, I HAVE DECIDED TO DONATE THIS FUND TO A CHURCH OR INDIVIDUAL
THAT WILL UTILIZE THIS MONEY THE WAY I AM GOING TO INSTRUCT HEREIN, I WANT A
CHURCH OR INDIVIDUAL THAT WILL USE THIS MONEY OF THE HELPING
ORPHANAGES, WIDOWS, PROPAGATING THE WORD OF GOD AND TO ENDEAVOUR THAT THE HOUSE
OF GOD IS MAINTAINED, FOR I KNOW THAT MY SUFFERINGS OF THIS PRESENT TIME ARE
NOT WORTHY TO BE COMPARED WITH THE GLORY WHICH SHALL BE REVEALED IN ME IN THE
KINGDOM OF GOD ALMIGHTY ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF [ROMANS 8:18]. THEREFORE I AM
GIVING OUT THIS DONATION IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, FOR IT IS
WRITTEN THAT I SHOULD GIVE, AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO ME, BLESSED IS THE HAND
THAT GIVETH, I TOOK THIS DECISION BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANY CHILD THAT WILL
INHERIT THIS MONEY AND I DON'T WANT MY HUSBAND EFFORTS TO BE IN VAIN, I DON'T
WANT A SITUATION WHERE THIS MONEY WILL BE USED IN AN UNGODLY WAY. PLEASE, LET
MY DONATION BE IN SECRET BETWEEN ME AND YOU, AS IT IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK
OF [MATTHEW 6:3-4] THAT WHEN YOU DO A CHARITABLE DEED, DO NOT LET YOUR LEFT
HAND TO KNOW WHAT YOUR RIGHT HAND IS DOING, THAT YOUR CHARITABLE DEED MAY BE IN
SECRET, AND YOUR FATHER WHO SEES IN SECRET WILL HIMSELF REWARD YOU OPENLY. I AM
NOT AFRAID OF DEATH SINCE I KNOW WHERE I AM GOING, I KNOW THAT I AM GOING TO BE
IN THE BOSOM OF THE LORD, BECAUSE THE LORD HAS BEEN MY STRENGTH AND HOPE AS
SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR REPLY IN ACCEPTANCE OF MY DONATION, I SHALL GIVE YOU THE
CONTACT OF THE BANK HERE IN IVORY COAST...WILL YOU PLEASE SEND ME DOWN YOUR
PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBER HERE IMMEDIATELY, ALSO I WANT YOU AND THE CHURCH
TO ALWAYS PRAY FOR ME. MY HAPPINESS IS THAT I LIVED A LIFE OF A WORTHY
CHRISTIAN, WHOEVER THAT WANTS TO SERVE THE LORD MUST SERVE HIM IN SPIRIT AND
TRUTH, PLEASE ALWAYS BE PRAYERFUL ALL THROUGH YOUR LIFE, AND ALSO REMEMBER ME
IN PRAYERS. 
 
YOURS
SINCERELY IN CHRIST, 
MRS.SARAH COOKSEY.

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