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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: Mother Sarah Armstrong <info@church.org>
Reply-To: <faithfuldonorsarah@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 10:12:02 -1200
Subject: CALVARY GREETINGS: Can I Lay My Trust On =?UTF-8?Q?You=3F?=

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Subject: Faith Of Donation.
From: Mother Sarah Armstrong (Evangelist)
E-mail:(faithfuldonorsarah@gmail.com)

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

I am Mother Sarah Armstrong a widow to late Richard A. Armstrong, I am
75
yrs old,I am a Born Again Christian, suffering from long time Breast
Cancer, from all indication my condition is really deteriorating and
it's
quite obvious that I won't live more than two weeks , According to my
doctors. This is because the cancer stage has gotten to a very
dangerous
stage and has blown out.

My late husband relatives are wishing me death because all they are
Concerned about is my Late Husband Wealth. They want me to die so that
they
can be able to claim all that my late husband left behind before he
died.
Simply because I did not had any child for my late husband, and they
called
me all sort of names, Like (BARREN WOMEN), they even said that I killed
my
husband but only God In Heaven can bear me witness on that because God
knows I cannot kill. I want you to claim this fund and use it to help
the
poor and less privileged in your country instead of my late husband
relative to have access to this fund, I rather hand it over to somebody
who
understand my pains and ready to use this fund for the Orphanage and
the
Less Privilege and also to help people who desire's help and to Win
Souls
into the Kingdom of God. Because if this fund get to my late husband
relatives, they will Misuse the fund for an unworthy act. I am doing
this
because This is my Mission on Earth as God has directed me to you.

I have divided some part of this wealth, to contribute to the
development
of the church in your country. I prayed over it, and I am willing to
donate
on your behalf, the total sum of (One Million Three Hundred Thousand
Great
Britain Pounds) (GBP£1,300, 000.00) to be used for the Poor, the Less
Privilege, the Charity Organization and the Orphanage Home.

I will file in an application for the transfer of the money in your
name.
Lastly, I honestly pray that this money when transferred will be used
for
the said purpose, because I have come to find out that wealth
acquisition
without Christ is vanity. May the Grace of our Lord Jesus the love of
God
and the fellowship of God be with you and your family. I await your
urgent
reply.

Please kindly get back to me on my private email address
(faithfuldonorsarah@gmail.com) if you are willing to help for further
details and directive.

Yours In Christ,

Mother Sarah Armstrong.(Evangelist)

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