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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: "Micheal John" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mj9814958@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2017 01:48:39 -0700
Subject: [GSN Suspected Spam] Good news..

May the peace of the Lord be with you
I was sleeping last night and God came to my dream and said bless someone
I responded back to the voice and said, O my father in heaven i will do as you have instructed
I am rich but very sick right now, that i might go any time from now, he has made me to believe that living without his grace and glory does not qualify us his children.
God want every man to be a helper to each other. Every glory and honor belongs to him alone So tell me my dear are you one of the once who can help the poor
After receiving this message from our Lord in Heaven i decided to have a re-think and to help people in needs. My names are Michael John W. I have lived all my life in darkness, darkness I mean without God we all lives in darkness, of course life is sweet but to be honest with you, it’s does not take much long man will live and die…..
I am old and my age is Seventy plus and I live today to share my funds to the poor needs, the once who lives in God’s own heart first, like the poor children and the old sick once, I asked my assistant to help me and secure up a face book account which he has done perfectly so I need you to read this message very carefully and help the Kingdom children and claim up this charitable fund which I left with the Bank of America, the bank of America are in charge of releasing the payment of Five Million five hundred thousand United state dollars....Contact me on this email address:mj9814958@gmail.com

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