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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: "REV.JAMES ALLEN" <contact.jamesallen@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: contact.revjames@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 03:39:18 +0100
Subject: THIS IS YOUR GOOD FRIEND REV.JAMES ALLEN

Dear Brethren


I am very surprise you have not been in communication with me.Listen I
am a Reverend Father I reject hurting people.I will not allow after
you exhausted all your money you don't get your fund I denied that.

Listen your problem is this you don't believe in me,You refused to
abide on my advice.Suppose your follow my advice from the begging we
opened communication you would have received your fund.All the money
you spent to various organizations and banks wouldn't has happened.

All these people has no intention to release your fund rather to
collect your money and get you frustrated.

Well I want to let you know you have great opportunity now,British
Government has granted and signed my application to organize church
crusade in your Country.

Now i have settled all the fee you were asked to pay for a reason.I
have additional $1.4million in your consignment.

My reason is because I want to use this additional $1.4million for
crusade in your country that is my purpose of paying all the
outstanding charges requested by British Government.

I pretended the charges was sent to me by you.If British Government
noticed that the charges was raised by me,it will result a big problem
and I will face query where I got this money to pay all your
outstanding charges, whereby Holy Ghost Reverend Father here are bond
to setup a bank account on their name even handle money of theirs.

I took this risk because of you and the crusade.I have concluded every
process for smooth delivery of your fund including my additional
$1.4million for the crusade in the same consignment.

Note there is no other easy or conducive method to release this funds
accept by Diplomatic transfer. I find it difficult to effect the
transfer by wire transfer or ATM METHOD after the charges is been
paid.

I wish to inform you once the delivery agent leave here,I will leave
the following day to monitor the delivery in your country.

Moreso I have an important issue you will understand for the smooth
delivery of this fund which no one knows accept you and I.The Shipment
Company is not aware this additional $1.4million even the British
Government.

Why I did this,I requested some fund from British Government for the
Crusade in your country they denied to raise some fund to me.
As Holy Ghost Reverend Father we are not paid by any organization,
whatever we do for Government is a help because Holy Ghost Reverend
Fathers here are not allow to handle fund of theirs because the are
only feed by the Church.


After all the effort I made they promised to support us only for Air
ticket that was my reason of using all the money I had and pay for
your outstanding fee that kept your fund onhold.

We are four Reverend father coming for this crusade and we have no
money to sponsor this Crusade that was the reason of this additional
$1.4million in your consignment.

Please note your total fund will be intact for you while the
additional $1.4Million is for us for our crusade.We are using your own
opportunity to transfer this fund to avoid been queried by British
Government.

Listen,Your own fund in the consignment is $2.5Million which has been
assigned by British Government,while the additional $1.4Million is
our own fund in the same consignment which is a total $3.9Million.

Therefore out of our own fund of $1.4Milion we will give you
$200,000.00(Two Hundred Thousand Dollars) to add on your own fund for
helping us to safeguard this fund and promoting our crusade because
without this your opportunity our crusade in your country would has
failed.

Meanwhile the amount I declared to the shipment company is
$2.5Million it is what is written in the official receipt given to me
by the shipment company,they did not know there is additional
$1.4Million in the same consignment.

Please you should keep this within yourself,I have done all i could as
friend,make sure you don't disappoint.

I am waiting to hear from you by sending me your Telephone Number
where I will contact you immediate I arrive your country.Please if you
have changed your address do let me know the present address while
replying this message. Meanwhile i shall furnish you with the shipment
procedure and the time the delivery agent will take off here and his
arrival and time i will take off and arrival.

I wait to hear from you.
God bless you.
Regards,
Your Good Friend
Rev.James Allen

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