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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!

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Fraud email example:

From: alice jahab <alice.2jahab@gmail.com>
Reply-To: alice jahab <alice_jahab2i@ymail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 03:41:59 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Donation From Mrs Alice Jahab.


DEAREST ONE  OF GOD,
 
I am the above named person from Kuwait, i am married to Mr. Razak Jahab,
who worked with Kuwait Embassy in Cote d'Ivoire for many years before he died
in the year 2012, we were married for eleven years without a child,
before He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days.
 
Before his death we were both born again Christian, And since after his death i decided
not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the
Bible is against, when my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of $2.5 Million (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars.) in a
bank here in Abidjan in a fix deposit account.
 
Presently,the fund is still with the bank, recently my Doctor told me that i have
serious sickness which is cancer problem that has eaten all over my womb and body, But the one that disturbs me the most is my severe stroke sickness,
So having known my condition i decided to donate this fund to any Individual Person,Church or an Organization that will utilize this money the way i am going
to instruct herein, i want a God fearing person that will
use this fund for caring of orphanages, disabled people social welfare and for widows and propagating of the word of God and to endeavor that the house of God is maintained.
 
The Bible
made us to understand that Blessed is the hand that giveth, i am urgently taking this decision now because of my last coming delicate cancer surgical operation as seriously warned by the Doctors, Since i do not have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are Muslims Extremist and i don’t want my
husband’s efforts to be used by these devilish unbelievers as he earlier warned me
before he died, with God all
things are possible, and note that helping the needy orphanages and disabled peoples
health, Education and social wellfare have been our agreement before my late husband’s death, i don’t want my beloved late husband’s efforts to be used by these Extremist Or to be inherited by the
bank as he earlier warned me
before he died, i am not
afraid of death hence i know where i am going, i know that i am going to be in the bosom of the Lord, Exodus 14 VS 14 says that the Lord will
fight my cause and i shall hold my peace.
 
I don’t need any
telephone communication in this regard because of my deteriorated ill
health conditions and the presence of my late husband’s muslims
extremist relatives always around me, i don't want them to know about
this development, with God all things are possible, as soon as I receive
your reply i shall give you the contact of the bank here in Abidjan, i
want you and the church to always pray for me because the Lord is my
shephard, And my happiness is that i lived a life of a worthy Christian,
whoever that want to serve the Lord must serve him in Spirit and in
Truth, please always be prayerful all through your life.
 
Contact
me immediately for more informations, any delay in your reply will give
me room in sourcing for another church or individual person for this
same purpose, please assure me that you will act accordingly as i Stated
herein, hoping to receive your reply soonest.
 
Remain Blessed In The Lord.
Yours In Christ,Mrs. Alice Jahab.

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