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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: Judith Smith <judzx.smith@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 02:01:35 -0700
Subject: My Dear in Christ

Dear in Christ,

I am Mrs.Mary Cheraz a widow to late Mr. Larson Cheraz,I am 61 years
old, I am a new Christian convert, suffering from long time cancer of
the breast, with all indications my condition is really deteriorating,
according to my doctors here in this Hospital,and in
all indication regards to medical analysis, this is because the cancer
stage has gotten to a very bad stage that is the reason I am
contacting you.

Some unknown persons murdered my late husband,and during the period of
our marriage we could not produce any child.My late husband was very
wealthy and after his death, I inherited all his business and wealth
which I made some donations in part of Asia and Africa Now I
decided to give out this wealth,to contribute to the development of
charity organization which includes the less privilege and the
motherless children anywhere in the world. I am willing to donate to
the less privileged.

Please, I beg you in the name of God to help me collect the deposit
and distribute it accordingly.Use your judgment to distribute the
money and keep 10% of it to yourself Lastly, I honestly pray that this
money when transferred will be used for the said purpose even though I
am late then, because I have come to find out that wealth acquisition
without Christ is vanity and I made the promise to God that the fund
will be use to build his temple.

May the grace of our lord Jesus the love of God and the fellowship of
the Holy Spirit be with you, and your family.



God bless you.

Mrs.Mary Cheraz.

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