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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: Flora Kenneth <floraken18@outlook.com>
Reply-To: Flora Kenneth <florakeneth@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2016 08:44:51 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dearest in the lord,


Greeting to you dearest in the lord,


I am Sister Flora Ken from Bahrain. I am married to Dr. Phillip Ken who work with Bahrain embassy here in Abidjan Cote d ' Ivoire for nine years before he died in the year 2013. We were married for eleven years and survived with only one child name Micheal, although he is late and my husband died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before he died we were both born again christian , since his death I decided not to remarry since having another child out of wedlock is against my religious believe which the bible is against also.

When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of (Six million U.S dollars) in a bank here in Abidjan Cote d ' Ivoire . presently, this money is still in the bank and recently my doctor told me that I would not live for the next three months due to cancer of the heart problem that I am having right now .

Though what disturbs me most is about  my sickness , having known my condition. I decide to donate part of this fund to churches , orphans and widows that is why I am looking for a better christian individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct here in . I want you to use this fund to churches , orphanages and widows propagating the word of God and to ensure that the house of God is mentioned. the bible made us to understand that blessed is the hand that give . I took this decision because  I know that I can not leave this money to my late husband relatives to inherit because they are not Christians and I don't want my husband's hard earned money to be misused by unbelievers. And I don't want in a situation where this money will be used to an ungodly manners . hence the reason for taking this bold decision is for betterment of orphanages and widows.

I am not afraid of death hence I know that my God is alive, but my problem is to make sure that this my desire is done because I know that I will soon be going to be in the bosom of of the Lord . Exodus 14 vs 14 says that the Lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace. Please I don't need any telephone communications in this regard because of my health and because of the present of my husband's relatives around me always even here in the hospital because I don't want them to know about this development, it is only you and me knows about this and i believe with God all things are possible .As soon as I receives your reply I shall give you the contact of the bank here in Abidjan Cote d ' Ivoire . I will also issue a letter of authority that will make you as the original beneficiary of this fund .I want you and the church where you worship to always pray for me because I know that the Lord is my shepherd. my happiness is that I lived a life of a
worthy christian.

Who ever that want to serve the lord must serve him in spirit and truth. please always be prayerful throughout your life and any delay in your reply will make me to search for another church or a christian individual for this same purpose. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I started here in. I want you to fast and pray for God to take absolute control of this fund until it get to you . Please endeavor to use it for the children of God, with trust.

Best regards,

Yours in the lord,
Sister Flora Ken.

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