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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: Mrs.Suzan Catim<suzencat@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 04:35:41 +0000
Subject: Remain bless.

Remain blessed.

How are you and your family? I am Mrs. Suzan Catim from
Solomon
Islands.I am married to Mr. Philip Catim who worked with
our Embassy in
Ivory Coast for nine years before he died We were married
for eleven
years
without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted
for only
four days.

Before his death we were both born again Christian. Since
his death I
decided not to remarry or get a child outside my
matrimonial home which
the Bible is against. When my late husband was alive he
deposited the
sum of $8,500,000 million united. State dollars. With a
Financial Films
firm here. Now, I want you to do me a favour to receive
this fund there
in your country or any safer place. Base on my health
condition, my
Doctor told me that I would not last for the next Eight
months due to
cancer problem.

Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to
a church,
organization or good person that will utilize this money
the way I am
going to instruct herein. I want a church, organization or
good person
that will use this fund for orphanages, widows and other
people
including one of the nurses that God has used so mightily
in taking care
of me.

And in the course of her help to my life, she has lost her
job. It will
be my almost desire to see even though that I did not make
it, let this
very young girl have a cost to full fill her future.


The Bible made us to understand that Blessed is the hand
that
giveth".ltook this decision because I don't have any child
that will
inherit this money and my husband relatives are not
Christians not even
good at all because they are the one that are responsible
for the death
of my husband in other to have all my late husband
properties and I
don't want my husband's efforts to be used by those that
conspired for
his death.

This is why I am taking this decision, I am not afraid of
death hence I
know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the
bosom of the
Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says that the lord will fight my case
and I shall
hold my peace.

I don't need any telephone communication regarding this
because of my
health hence the presence of my husband's relatives around
me always. I
don't want them to know about this development and l knows
that With God all things are possible.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the
contact of the
Security Company here in Cote d' lvoire. I will also issue
a letter of
authorization to the Financial Films that will prove you
the present
beneficiary of this money. I also want you, church or
organization to
always pray for me because the lord is my only shepherd.

My happiness is that I 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. Pls any delay in
your reply
will give me room in sourcing another good person, church,
organization
for this same purpose. I will like to let you know that i
have paid for
all the accumulative bills for this.

Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I Stated
herein.

Hoping to receive your response immediately.


Thanks and Remain blessed in the Lord.
I am taking this decision.
Mrs.Suzan Catim

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