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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. Caroline Lawrence" <info@almazalla.com>
Reply-To: revjamespaul@outlook.com
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 20:06:35 +0300
Subject: Greetings

I am Mrs. Caroline Lawrence a citizen of Belgium. I got your contact from
the International directory, prayed over it and selected your name among
other names due to it's esteeming nature and the recommendations given as
a reputable and trust worthy person who can benefit my worth all desire. I
am married to Van Lawrence who is in Gold international contractor here in
Ghana, since his death I have been battling with both lungs problem and
fibroid problems.right now i can not hear very well

When my husband was alive,, he deposited a substantial amount of Money
worth of EIGHT Million United State Dollars with a Financial Institution
here in the Accra-Ghana where he works in gold mining Gh ltd Company in
Ghana which I inherited after his death. My worries now and reason while
contacting you is that my doctor notified me recently that I have less
than six month to live due to my unfortunate ailment. I decided to hand
over this funds to a devoted (God) fearing individual that will utilize
this Money for charity purpose and to help the needy the way I am going to
instruct you that why i chose you.

Having known my health condition I decided you to donate this Money to a
good charity home for them to use some fund and you will use some by
yourself some organizations and orphanage homes in your country. I also
took this decision because I am a widow and my husband relatives are not
good to us with my husband when he was alive, they are enemies of progress
and don't have the fear of God in them and I have to avoid them from
having any idea about this money.

I took this bold decision to contact you personally as a foreigner for
assistance so that the fund can hand over to you as my foreigner partner i
have told my Reverend priest about you as the person i will this Money to
as my beneficiary , present you are to contact him with your information
and ask him more, the safe keeping finance institute where this fund was
deposited, because I have handed all the relevant document including the
deposit certificate to my Reverend . his name is Reverend Father James
Paul. Please my dear in the Lord use this fund as I directed you since I
can not come over country due to my condition right now and I have helped
some people right here and in my country including my church.please been
in touch with my priest,so that he will direct you where the fund was
deposited and explain in full details all you need to know about this
matter. Please I want you and your family to always pray for my healing
and always be prayerful to God


Contact him to help direct you on what and how to do
Yours beloved
Mrs. Caroline Lawrence

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