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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: "Rev Sister Mercy Emmanuel" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <revmercyemmanuell@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 04:51:58 -0700
Subject: IN GOD WE TRUST

Good day,
 
I am Reverend Sister Mercy Emmanuel from st Peter Catholic Church here in  USA, it's very pathetic that we lost Rev. Father Micheal Brown of st Peter Catholic Church USA. Late Rev. Father Micheal Brown is an Canadian and  also an orphan but nationalized in st Peter Cathedral USA, Late  Rev.Father Micheal Brown died on 5th January 2017 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 of the fund as his spirit direct him.
 
I am glad to inform you that late Rev.Micheal Brown made you the beneficiary  of his will a sum of $6,500,000.00 through your e-mail address, you might be  wondering how late Rev.Father Micheal Brown made you the beneficiary of his  will, Late Rev.Father Micheal Brown made a random sampling of many people's  e-mail addresses mostly in usa by the help of Microsoft international firm  and among the people e-mail addresses, yours came out as a draw and this is  how late father Micheal Brown made you the beneficiary of his will and  instruct that you can only be informed when he pass on and his memorial  service Completed.
 
Now for you to claim your fund forward the details below to me via this   (contact email click reply) so I can forward it to the Standard Chartered Bank of USA for the release of your funds.
 
PLEASE KINDLY GET BACK TO ME ON THIS E-MAILS ADDRESS: (revmercyemmanuel@yahoo.com))
 
1, Full name.
2, Contact address.
3, Age
4, Occupation.
5, Private phone number.
 
Best regards & God bless you.
Reverend.Sisters Mercy Emmanuel
 
 
 
 

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