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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: Cynthia Paul <grrakpan5@gmail.com>
Reply-To: cynpaulpaul@yahoo.com.sg
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 01:13:53 +0100
Subject: CHARITY ORGANIZATION

Dear Beloved one in God

I know this letter may be a very big surprise to you I came across
your email contact from my personal search and I got your email
address ,I don't know you in person but God
knows you May the peace of the Almighty God be with you and your
Family My name
is( Mrs Cynthia Paul )Jamaica Origin but married with Late Mr. Paul
from Ghana. I have took a personal decision to donate what I
inherited from my late husband for work of God

I am 64 years old and I was diagnosed for cancer since the past 3
years after the death of my husband. We were both born again
Christians married for many years without a child
Since his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my
matrimonial home
which the Bible is against I took this decision to donate what I
inherited from my late
husband because I don't have any child that will inherit this money

My late husband worked with Chevron/Texaco in London for many years
before he died When he was alive he deposited th sum of
(usd$10,000,000.00) Ten Million United
State Dollars with Bank in Ghana,Presently this money is still with
the Bank and the
management just wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward and sign
for the release of
this money or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to
receive it on my behalf
I can not Go over Presently, I’m in a hospital in Ghana where I have
been under going treatment for esophageal cancer I have since lost
my ability to talk and my doctors
have told me that I have only a few weeks to live

I have been touched by God to donate what I have inherited from my
late husband you through for God work and It is my last wish to see
this money distributed to charity organizations any where in the
World Because relatives and friends have plundered
so much of my wealth since my illness I cannot live with the agony of
entrusting this huge
responsibility to any of them,I don't need any telephone communication
in this regard because of my soundless voice and presence of my
husband's relatives around me always I don't want them to know
about this development With God all things are possible I want to be
sure that this fund has been donated before going for this surgery
for work of God such as Charity, less privilege, building of schools,
hospitals and also
for the assistance of the poor widows, Motherless babies, Charity organization


CHRISTIAN OR MUSLIM, and orphans, contacting you for this assignment
is a direction from the holy spirit of God to donate this fund outside
this country through you as my late husband has already donated alot
in this country, you have to make sure that you use this donation fund
as I have directed so that the name of the Almighty God will be
glorify forever. All I need from you is prayers that GOD will accept
my soul in case I didn't survive this surgery, Please always be
prayerful all through your life, we are visitors on this earth


And we must be very careful in whatever we do so that our soul will
not be a waste. I wish you all the best and may God bless you
abundantly. IF your are trusted to handle the work God for me after
receiving the money from my bank reply me with the following
information




Your Name:................
Direct Phone:.............
Country.......................
Occupation:................
Gender:......................
Age:.............................
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Mrs.Cynthia Paul
Christian Mother

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