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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: Donation
Reply-To: <eslockett@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 08:20:27 -0800
Subject: DIVINE DONATION FROM ME PLEASE DO REPLY ASAP.


Dearest in Christ, =


Calvary Greetings in the name of our lord Jesus Christ our Savior, My name =
is Mrs. Ernie Slockett, wife to the late Eric Slockett from USA, I am old I=
have no family no kids, I lost my husband and my only two kids in a plain =
crash five years ago it's so sad for me right now, I am very ill with cance=
r, doctors says I have short time to live, I have decided to give my wealth=
to an honest person that can use it to glorify the name of the lord. =


After I received instruction from my God to use these funds to do GODS work=
and to give to charity, I prayed to God for direction and he has been dire=
cting me. I told God that I want a ministry, or an honest person who will s=
pend the fund for things that will glorify His name. This revelation came a=
fter my conversion from to a Born Again Christian. I received Christ and I =
found out that a sinner has no place in the kingdom of God. =


I never had rest of mind, I seek God for forgiveness and he revealed to me =
that I will only have rest of mind if I serve him with all my wealth and he=
will bless me mightily. It was when I received Christ that I realized the =
meaning of going to heaven. I need to make heaven; I don't want to perish i=
n hell fire. As my level of Christianity was increasing, I understood that =
the wealth of sinners is acquired for the just. God opened my eyes to the b=
ook of Ecclesiastes 6, verses 1 & 2. Read this scripture and you will under=
stand that there are people in this world that God gave the grace to acquir=
e wealth yet God did not give them the grace to enjoy the wealth. =


I happened to fall into the same category now it is the wish of God. When G=
od revealed to me to use my wealth to do his work, I understood that God wa=
s testing me like He tested Abraham and other men of God. Abraham needed a =
child and God asked him to use his only son for sacrifice, Abraham was fait=
hful. He obeyed and God made him father of many nations. After the death of=
my late husband and when I was told about my illness I have to sell all ou=
r properties which amounted to about $5.3 million which I deposited with a =
Fiduciary Bank for safety purpose if anything happen to me this funds will =
be impounded, can you use this funds for the kingdoms work and for charity =
purpose. Take 40% of the fund and give 60% to the orphanages homes in your =
country for my heart to rest in peace. Respond immediately for further deta=
ils, since I have just few days to end my life due to the ovarian cancer di=
sease, hoping you will understand my situation and give favorable attention.

Please, if you are willing to do this work all information should therefore=
be sent in the manner stated below to enable me forward it to the F.B. =


Full Name:.....
Address:.....
Sex:.....
City:.....
State:.....
Zip Code:....
Mobile number:....
Text Number......
Deaf or hearing.....
Age:....
Occupation:...
Own a house or Rent Apt:.....
International passport, or drivers licence:.....
Yours Faithfully, =

InHis Service, =

Mrs. Ernie Slockett.

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