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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 Elizabeth." <tancyywd2006@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: "Mrs Elizabeth." <mrs_elizaberth19@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 21:16:24 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Donation From Mrs Elizabeth.

Donation From Mrs Elizabeth.
With
due respect my name is Elizabeth Bloushi, from Kuwait married to Mr
Josh Bloushi. Who worked with Kuwait embassy in Ivory Coast before he
died in the year 2007. My dear when i got married to my husband we were
living happily without problems. I never knew that however joyful life
may be it must have its tempting hours, my husband loves me so much and
he cares for me as the bone of his bone and the flesh of his flesh.
Great love was existing between us we hardly has problems, but four
years later i couldn't conceive the members of my husband family
assemble together and found occasion against me. Which was not giving
birth to a child.

My husband mother became more interested in
this case she was very angry and mad with me she does not want to set
her eyes on me. My dear whenever you see a woman looking desperately for
the fruit of the womb pity her. In the bible God instructed husband to
love their wives my husband acted in obedience to God's command but his
people saw God's instructions as foolishness not knowing that the
foolishness of God is wiser than men. It was a trial some and traumatic
experience i don't wish any child of God to experience it.

More
deep i think every day about my situation asking why i should be in this
problem and how long this difficult times will last, and i didn't know
that i have been under a curse by my step mother. She lay a curse on me
that i will not conceive all the days of my life. This is a woman i love
so much not knowing she was the one responsible for all that I’ve been
passing through. Her reason for this was that i am a Christian and i
married before her daughters. By the time we discover why we have been
in this problem our marriage was getting to fifteen years without child.

Suddenly i lost my husband in the year 2007. when my late
husband was alive he deposited the sum of 2.3 million US dollars to the
security company in ivory coast, recently i have serious sickness which
is cancer problem i decided to donate this fund to the orphans and
widows in the church since i have no child, psalms 41vs1 blessed is he
that considerate the poor the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.
Psalms 125vs4 do good o Lord unto those that be good.

Moreover
my husband relatives are pagans i don't want them to know about this
development, i don't need any telephone communication because of my
health, and my husband relatives always around me. My dear read my
message carefully and get back to me. I am waiting for your response so
that I will contact you to the security company here in Ivory Coast.
Please always remember me in your prayers thanks.

Mrs Elizabeth Bloushi.

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