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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: james clint <jamesclint212@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jamesclint06@outlook.com
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2015 13:25:02 +0100
Subject: MY BELOVED BRETHREN

Good morning ,

I greet you in the name of Jesus Christ,i know that this letter may be a
very big surprise to you, I am giving you my trust and wish you will give
me back the trust i have given you, please i want you to be honest as i
confide my trust in you.

I'm James Clint 58 years of age. I am suffering from a long time liver
cancer which run through the blood of my late father Harry Clint. From all
indication my condition is really deteriorating and my doctors has
courageously advised me that I may not live beyond the next two months,
this is because the cancer stage has reached a critical stage.

I was the head of controls over all my late father's properties and
companies as the first son after since his death. I have a contract which i
deposited the sum of $10.8 million dollars with a security company, as it
was packaged and registered as a personal Valuable.

Presently i have since lost my ability to continue my contract or do
anything by myself and my doctors have told me that I have only a few
months to live with my liver cancer.

Please my brethren i want you to help me to donate all my fortunes, first
40% to fund churches and pay my tithe to GOD which i have not been paying,
40% to the charity organization,orphanages and widows,the poor and the
motherless baby's home where my late father came from, 20% for you because
he who labor also reap the fruit of his labor. Please i want your good
humanitarian i must let you know that this was a very hard decision but i
had to take a bold step towards this issue because i have no further option
my life on earth is just limited. I hope you will be able to see my last
wishes accomplished.

As soon as i receive your reply i will go ahead and write them a letter of
authority, which will prove that you are the new beneficiary of my funds.
This is all i have to say for now. Thank you and please assure me that you
will act accordingly as i stated herein.

Hope to hear from you soonest,awaiting your reply.

Yours sincerely
James Clint

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