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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 April Joseph." <muhasebe@metalokinsaat.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2018 15:50:39 -0700
Subject:


Good Day my dear Beloved,
I am sorry not to get back to you in time.I was on special assignment in Vatican City (Rome) Just return last week.
I am Reverend Sister April Joseph from St.James Roman Catholic church London UK,it's very pathetic that we lost Rev.Julius Williams of St.James Roman Catholic church
London UK.
Late Rev.Julius Williams  died on 5th April 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 and that is why i am contacting you.

I am glad to inform you that late Rev.Julius Williams made you the beneficiary of his will a sum of $6,500,000.00 through your e- mail address, you might bewondering how late Rev.Julius Williams made you the beneficiary of his will.
Late Rev.Julius Williams made a random sampling of many 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 late Rev.Julius Williams  made you the beneficiary of his will and instruct that you can only be informed when he pass on and
memorial service Completed.
Now for you to claim your fund forward the details below to me via this email ( sis.apriljoseph@outlook.com ) so I can forwardit to the Crown Capital Finance and Securities,International Payment Center London, for the release of your funds.

Full name.Contact address.AgeOccupation.Private phone number.

Best regards & God bless you.
Reverend Sister April Joseph.

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