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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 Joyce ghagahen." <ghagahanij@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Mrs Joyce ghagahen." <joyceghagahani111@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 07:48:30 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Happy New Year.



Dear beloved,

After going through your profile I decided to contact you for friendship and assistance and distribution of my inheritances have to say that I have no intentions of causing you any Pains so I decided to contact you through this medium humbly ask that you take due consideration of its importance and immense benefit and also sincerely seek your confidence, as I make this Proposal to you as a person of integrity. I got your contact through Network online internet search in my personal search for a reliable and reputable individual to handle a very confidential transaction which involves the transfer of $4.5 Million US Dollars to a foreign account and I decided to write you. As you read this, I don't want you to feel sorry for me, because, I Believe everyone will die someday.

My name is Mrs. Joyce Ghagahen from Kuwait I am a dying woman who have decided to donate What I have to you/charity Organizations. I am 64 years old and I was diagnosed with esophageal Cancer for about 3 Years ago, I am married to Sir. Krossa Ghagahen who worked with Abidjan Judicial Commission in Ivory Coast for over a decade before he died on 5th of January in the year 2012. We were married for fifteen years without a child and he has left me everything he worked for.

I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared For anyone. Though I am very rich, I was never generous, I was always hostile to people and only focus on my self as that was the only thing I Cared for. But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life than just wanting to have or make all the money in the world. I believe when God gives me a second chance to come to this world I would live my life a different way from how I have lived it. Now that I know My time is near I have been touched by God to donate from what I have Inherited from my late husband for the good work of God, rather than Allow my relatives to use my husband hard earned funds ungodly. I want that you use this money according to the desire of my late husband to help the Less privileged, needles and the orphanages, building churches, maintaining house of God, building.

I am in my hospital bed where I wait for my time to come. I pray that God uses you to support and assist me with good heart Please pray that the good Lord forgives me my sins. I have asked God to Forgive me and I believe he has because He is a merciful God. I will be going in for an operation in less than few days. I decided to WILL/donate the money to you for the good work of the lord, And also to help the motherless and less privilege and also for the Assistance of the widows.

I took this decision because I do not have any child that will inherit This money and my husband relatives are not inclined to helping poor Persons and I do not want my husband's hard earned money to be misused or spend in the manner in which my late husband did not specify. I wish you all the best and May the good Lord bless you abundantly, and please use The funds well and always extend the good work to others.

Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I have Stated herein. Expecting to receive your re-assuring reply.

Seeing the sufferings of people around, i decided to donate it, And I do not want in away where this money will be used in an ungodly way. This is why I am taking this decision to hand you over this money. Though i don't know you nor met you before but i believe that the Almighty will work through you in accomplishing his will. I want you to always remember me in your daily prayers because of my up coming Cancer Surgery.

Thanks and waiting to read from you soonest.

Remain Bless

Regards,
Mrs. Joyce Ghagahen

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