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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 Edith R Abed <edithabed00@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Mrs Edith R Abed <rve_edithabed@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2014 22:10:19 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Good morning my beloved .


Good morning my  beloved .

May the greetings of Lord be with you,
Please I am writing this mail with tears and sorrow to seek for your
assistance,My name is Mrs Edith Abed, I have been suffering from ovarian
cancer disease and my doctor says that I have just few days to leave.

I
am 53 years from Franca, but based in Ivory Coast. I was married to
Late Chief George Abed who was a contractor with the Government of Cote
D'Ivoire before he died after few days in the hospital. may his soul
rest in peace Amen.I am a business woman dealing with cocoa exportation
When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of $1.800 Million
Dollars with a Bank in Cote D’lvoire.

Presently this money is
still in the custody of the Bank here in Cote Devoir. My Doctor told me
that it is very likely I will die within few days or months due to A
Blood cancer {LUCAMIA}. I have decided to donate the money for charity
to you since I do not have a child to inherit it and its better I do not
die leaving the money here without it reaching to the poor and the less
privileged ones in the society. As soon as I receive your reply I shall
tell my bank to transfer the money to you. Information’s Required from
you are:
Your Full Name(.........................)
Your Direct Tel & Fax° :(......................,)
Your Home & Office addresses (..............................)
You’re
Bank Account (..................)With these information’s, I will
forward them to the Bank for immediately transferring of the Funds to
your Position. Please always pray for me and let God give me more Good
health to stay in this World.

Please always pray for me, by
Friday, I will be going for a heart operation ,I was touched in spirit
while praying last night and Almighty God Directed me to donate the
money to you,as a Priests to use it for the good work of God. Please
reply soon for better explanation,.

I know i have never met you but my mind tells me to do this with you and I hope you act sincerely.
God bless you and your family
Best Regards,
Mrs Edith Abed

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