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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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Fraud email example:

From: Sablim <mrssablim@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 01:49:03 +0000
Subject: MY DEAR DO THIS WORK FOR GOD


Dear Friend,

Greetings in the name of God, I am Mrs. Mary Edward, a widow to Late
Mr. Johnson Edward. I am 74years old now a new Christian convert
suffering from long time cancer of the breast. From all indications my
condition is really deteriorating and it’s quite obvious that I won’t
live more than next two months according to my doctors. this is
because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage. My late
husband was killed during the Earthquake resulting to the Tsunami
Incident in Indonesian, and during the period of our marriage we did
not produce any child. My late husband was very wealthy and after his
death, I inherited all his business and wealth.

I selected you after visiting the Directory in search of a reliable
Church or Mosque, or a True Born again whom God will guide me to
trust. Though, I choose to reach you through Email, because it remains
the fastest medium of communication and I prayed over it, I am willing
to donate the sum of 6.5M (Six Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars)
to you for you to help me distribute to less privileges in your country.

I have willed and given most of my property and assets to my immediate
and extended family members, as well as a few close friends. I want
God to be merciful to me and accept my soul. Now, I have decided to
give also to less privileges in Africa Asia, Arab and America. As I
want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth.

So far, I have distributed over (?20Million) to some church and Mosque
in Africa. Also, some charity organizations in U.A.E, Algeria,
Malaysia and South Africa. Now that my doctor has advised me that I
may not live for more than two months, and my health has deteriorated
so badly, that I cannot do this myself anymore. I have decided to
donate the last money to you for less privilege.

I once asked members of my family to close one of my accounts and
distribute the money I have in the account to charity organization in
Bulgaria and Pakistan, they refused and kept the money to themselves.
Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contented
with what I have left for them. Even my Attorney Barr. Lane John
George want me to permit him to handle the Donation himself but the
spirit of God in me never accepted that, because the love of money may
lead him to divert the money to another use. I told him that my friend
(YOU) will contact him any moment for the release of the funds to you.
I told him that you are my friend because he may be wondering how come
i know you.

You may be wondering how I come to trust you, I want you to know and
believe one thing that the Spirit of God guides me to contact you and
the Spirit of God can never lie, Because God knows that you can handle
this.

Please I want you to note that, you will give me assurance that as
soon as you receive the money, you will distribute 40% to the less
privileges around you, you will use 50% to build Charity Organization
home which will be named after me, while you will use the remaining
10% for yourself. I deposited the Money with Security Company here
with open next of kin, upon my instructions, you will file in an
application for the claim of the money in your name.

I just manage to write out this letter to you, which I pleaded to one
of the nurses here to help me type it out for my endorsement. I am not
allowed to answer Telephone calls here, I am only allowed to check my
Email three times a week.
You can only contact me through my attorney. May the Grace of our
Lord, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with
you and your family.

.

Lastly, I honestly pray that this money when claimed will be used for
the said purpose, because I have come to find out that wealth
acquisition without God is vanity upon vanity.

Mrs. Mary Edward

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