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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: florence gram <florencegram14@gmail.com>
Reply-To: florence gram <florencegram26@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2015 19:54:22 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dear in the Lord


Dear in the Lord

I apologize if the contents of this message are contrary to their moral
ethics, I see it can be very disturbing in your personal life,

but please deal with the utmost secrecy, personal and pray that this message reaches you in the best of health.

I pray that this message reaches you in wonderful spirit as I
make this contact with you based on trust and confidence matter
which have not known before, due to the nature of the
situation in which I found myself. Get your personal contact through the web
effort and decided to contact. I think my contact with you is not a
ordinary coincidence because God can use any known or unknown organism to
achieve great things he has commanded.

'M Florence Gram. The hospitalization after I had a car accident with my family, I lost my husband and my two daughters who were also on board
the accident. After the accident, I've been struggling with some health
problems of serious injuries in the case of
accident.Recently, my doctor told me I have a couple of months of life because of the surgery that is what bothers conducted.Though is my current situation,

due to injuries and damaged my spinal cords in
accident. Having known my condition I decided to WILL / donate
sum of (800,000 dollars) to charity
individual and through you for the good work of the Lord, and to help
motherless, less privileged and with the assistance of widows.
Because I'm the only survivor and anyone else who will inherit
this money, are now dead. I do not want a situation in which
This deposit will be confiscated and held for officials of the bank where it was deposited by my late husband, who worked with the shell development company as an engineer before his death.

If you are interested in carrying out this task, I want you to contact me
immediately, so you can organize all types to perform
the release of the funds to you. I know I've never met, but my mind tells me to do this, and I hope you act sincerely. I am now too weak and fragile to do things myself for my current health problems. I have no fear of death. I know I'll be on the Lord's breast. Exodus 14 VS 14 says that the lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace.

I appreciate your utmost confidentiality in this matter until the task is done, and I do not want anything to jeopardize my last wish. Please provide me your full name, address and contact details
number, so I'm going to prepare all relevant documents
to effect delivery of the funds to you.

Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Florence Gram

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