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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: Karoline Lewis <mrs.karolinelewis@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 08:13:35 +0000
Subject: Good News


Good day,

I am Mrs. Karoline Lewis a citizen of Germany, married to a Ghanaian.
My dear, God has touched me to donate what I have to a charity home
through you. I got your e-mail ID from the International website
directory, and I prayed over it, and it was reviewed to me divinely
that you are a trustworthy person who can donate my money to a charity
home outside my country. Dear I married to Late Mr. Felix Lewis from
Ghana in West Africa, who was a Manager in shell development company
Ghana, since his death I have been battling with Cancer and fibroid
problems.

When he was alive, he deposited a substantial amount of money worth
(USD $6.500.000.00) in a Microtec Security Company in Ghana which I
inherited after his death.

My dear, my problem now is that my health condition is getting more
desperately and I have no child my husband relatives are not honest
with my husband when he was alive, they are enemies of progress and
don't have fear of God in them and also the have sold all my late
husband properties since I was on sick bed without my notice, because
of this I have to avoid them having any idea about this money, and I
have been touched now by God almighty to donate from what I have to
charity homes for the good work of God almighty, I have donated some
of this money to charity homes and Churches in Ghana.

Dear, you may be wondering why I chose you. I chose you because God
wants you to do this work, God reviewed to me divinely to donate this
money through you. God reviews your E-mail to me. rather than to allow
my late husband relatives to useless this money after I die, So I
decided to follow Gods instruction to invest this money to charity
homes, and to help the motherless, less privileged and also for the
assistance of the widows and widowers. My dear, I hope you are a
devoted (God) fearing person, who can act sincerely, and use this
money accordingly as I Stated here.

I contacted you personally as God instruction me to do, so that the
money (USD$6.500.000.00, ) will be handed over to you once my church
Reverend Father present you to the safe keeping company in Ghana where
the money was deposited, because I have handed all the relevant
document including the key code of the trunk box and deposit
certificate to my church Reverend Father because I am now too weak and
fragile to do things myself because of my desperate condition now that
is the mean reason why I handed everything consigning this money over
to our church Priest who always visit me in the hospital and pray for
me. Dear please feel free to contact my Priest.

My dear, contact him with this message I send to you, to enable him
understand that you are the one I choose to do this work, to enable
him direct you how to receive the money and where the money was
deposited, also explain in full details all you need to know about
this issue. Please I want you and your family to always pray for my
healing and always be prayerful to God almighty in all the days of
your life.

Contact Person: Rev.Fr. Santos K Ofori
Email: ( rev.santoskofori@outlook.com )
Direct Tel: + 233 234364636

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Karoline Lewis

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