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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: Mrsjennifer Edward <mrsjenniferedward50@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Mrsjennifer Edward <jennifer_edward@rediffmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2015 17:12:15 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Apostolic Greetings !!!,





Apostolic Greetings !!!,

God will grant
you the willingness and interest to digest this humble narrations though
it might be so surprise and strange to believe my story but i knew by
the reason of the almighty you will humbly understood and accept to
proceed with my proposal though we have not met or seen each other
before.

My name is Mrs Jennifer Edward a widow to Mr.Edward G.
Robinson who was a competent business man here in Abidjan Cote d' Ivoire
, we were married for many yrs without any child till his death in
October 2010 after a brief illness. Due to the promise which i revered
to him on the alter at the day of our church wedding i decided not to
remarry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which is against the
holy bible.

My happiness is that my late husband lived a life of a
true & worthy Christian and he has this plan before his death which
he pleaded with me to appropriate it to accomplishment. He took this
decision with me to use this fund in building an orphanage in his name
that will accommodate thousand's of children, and also to use part of
this fund in helping the less fortunate and to spread the gospel of the
lord to the remote places of the world.

He made this deposit of
$(3.9Million)U.S. Dollars, Three Million nine hundred thousand U.S.
Dollars in a Finance Security Company here in Abidjan . Recently, my
Doctor told me that i would not last for the next 5 months due to cancer
& stroke illness.

Having known my condition i decided to
seek for a competent and reliable God fearing person or church to
entrust this fund to utilize this fund the way i narrated above as my
late husband desired.

The Bible made us to understand that
"Blessed is the hand that giveth". I took this decision because i don't
have any child that will inherit this money and my late husband's
relatives are not Christians and I don't want my late husband's efforts
to be used by unbelievers.

I don't want a situation where this
money will be used in an ungodly way. This is why I am taking this
decision. I am not afraid of death hence i know where i am going. I
don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my
health hence the presence of my husband's relatives are around me
always. i don't want them to know about this development.

As soon
as i receive your reply i shall give you the relevant documents that
will legalize you to have access over this fund. I will also issue you
an affidavit that will prove you the present beneficiary of this fund in
the Finance Security Company. I want you and the church to always pray
for me because the lord is my shepherd.

My happiness is that i
and my late husband lived a life of a worthy Christian. Whoever that
Wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and Truth.

Please
always be prayerful all through your life and pray to God to forgive me
my sins. Contact me on my private email bellow, any delay in your reply
will give me room in sourcing for another church or a God fearing
person for this same purpose.

Please assure me that you will act accordingly as i stated herein. Hoping to receive your reply .

Yours Sister In Christ,
Mrs Jennifer Edward.

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