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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: Reverend Sister Mary Thomas <"www."@dance.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Reverend Sister Mary Thomas <rev.marythomas2018@yandex.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2017 01:25:21 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Re: May God Bless You.

Good day,

I am Reverend Sister Mary Thomas from St. Mary's Catholic Church-herein Dubai,United Arab Emirates.

It's very pathetic that we lost our very Rev. Father Clement SANDY of St. Mary's Catholic Church-Dubai,UAE. Our Very Late Rev. Clement SANDY is an American and also an orphan but nationalized in St. Mary's Catholic Church-Dubai,UAE.

Late Rev. Father Clement SANDY died on 5th August 2016 and before he died, he made a will and instructs me to contact you on your email when he died as the next of kin to his fund as the spirit direct him.

I am glad to inform you that our very late Rev. Clement Sandy made you the beneficiary of his WILL worth of $6,500,000.00 USD. through your e-mail address, you might be wondering how our late Rev. Father Clement SANDY made you the beneficiary of his WILL.

Late Rev. Father Clement SANDY made a random sampling of people's e-mail addresses by the help of Microsoft international firm and among the people e/mail addresses, yours came out as a draw and this is how our late father Clement SANDY made you the beneficiary of his WILL and left instructions that you can only be informed after he has passed on to glory and his memorial ceremony is fully completed to led his gentle soul to rest in the Lord before you can be notified.

For you to receive your Inherited fund, I will need you to send me all the details listed below to this e/mail ( rev.marythomas2018@yandex.com ) so I can forward it to the Doncaster Finance and Securities, International Payment Center Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for the release of your funds.

Full name:.,
Contact address:.,
Country:.,
Age:.,
Occupation:.,
Private phone number:.,
Copy Of Your ID:.,

May God bless you.
Reverend Sister Mary Thomas.

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