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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.LIZ FOXY" <officcccccccccccccccccce.file438@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: "MRS.LIZ FOXY" <mrs.lizfoxy@foxmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 07:39:06 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: FROM:MRS.LIZ FOXY,


 FROM:MRS.LIZ FOXY,LOT 104, JACQUES AVENUE,01 B.P. 3691 COCODY,COTONOU-BENIN REPUBLIC. MY BELOVED, GREETINGS IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. I AM MRS LIZ FOXY,FROM BENIN, A WIDOW TO LATE STEVEN FOXY. I AM 51 YEARS OLD,AND ACONVERTED BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN, SUFFERING FROM LONG TIME CANCER OF THEBREAST, FROM ALL INDICATION MY CONDITION IS REALLY DETERIORATING ANDIT IS QUITE OBVIOUS THAT I MIGHT NOT LIVE MORE THAN TWO WEEKS,ACCORDING TO MY DOCTOR BECAUSE THE CANCER HAS GOTTEN TO A VERY WORST /DANGEROUS STAGE. MY LATE HUSBAND AND MY ONLY CHILD DIED LAST THREE YEARS AGO, HIS DEATHWAS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED. MY LATE HUSBAND WAS A VERY RICH AND WEALTHYBUSINESS MAN WHO WAS RUNNING HIS COCOA / TIMBER PLANTATION BUSINESS INBENIN REPUBLIC. AFTER HIS DEATH, I STARTED MANAGING ALL HIS BUSINESSAND WEALTH. MY LATE HUSBAND DEPOSITED US$15.4 MILLION DOLLARS IN AFIX DEPOSIT ACCOUNT IN ONE OF THE BIG BANK IN THIS COUNTRY BENINREPUBLIC, HE WANTED TO USE THE FUND TO EXPAND HIS COCAO/ TIBERPLANTATION BUSINESS TO OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES BEFORE HIS SUDDEN DEATH. THIS FUND IS STILL IN THIS BANK TILL TODAY, NOW THAT MY DOCTORS HASADVISED ME THAT I MAY NOT LIVE FOR MORE THAN TWO WEEKS BECAUSE OFSICKNESS,I DECIDED TO DONATE THE SUM OF US$15.4.000,000.00( FIFTEENMILLION, FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) FOR HUMANITARIANWORK OF GOD BECAUSE I CANNOT TAKE THIS MONEY TO THE GRAVE.  I SINCERELY REQUEST FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS HUMANITARIAN WORK OFGOD. I WANT TO TRANSFER THE FUND TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT SO THAT YOU WILLUSE 80% OF THE FUND TO HELP THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE THERE IN YOUR COUNTRY:  1, MOTHERLESS BABIES.2, WIDOWS.3, DISABLE PEOPLE.4, TO PROMOTE THE WORD OF GOD THERE IN YOUR COUNTRY. THE 20% OF THE FUND IS FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, IF YOU WILL ACCEPT TODO THIS HUMANITARIAN WORK OF GOD.YOU WILL PROMISED ME THAT YOU WILLNOT DISAPPOINT ME WHEN THE FUND WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO YOUR BANKACCOUNT THERE IN YOUR COUNTRY, AND YOU WILL ALSO ASSURED ME THAT YOUWILL USE THE 80% OF THE MONEY FOR THE SAID PURPOSE, BECAUSE I HAVECOME TO FIND OUT THAT WEALTH ACQUISITION WITHOUT CHRIST IS VANITY. REPLY TO ME URGENTLY IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS TRANSACTION BECAUSEANY DELAY TO YOUR RESPONSE WILL GIVE ME A ROOM TO LOOK FOR ANOTHERRELIABLE PERSON FOR THE SAME PURPOSE, HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU. MAY THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS THE LOVE OF GOD AND THE FELLOWSHIP OFGOD BE WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. THANKS AND GOD BLESS YOU.YOUR BELOVED SISTER IN CHRIST,MRS.LIZ FOXY.

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