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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: "Mrs. Felica Okeh" <dr_kenmorgan@rediffmail.com>
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 18 14:37:34 GMT
Subject: Re: $10m Dear Beloved Friend,


Dear Beloved Friend,


Greetings in the Name of Our

Lord JESUS CHRIST, I am

former Alhaja Fatima Okeh,now

Mrs. Felica Okeh a widow to

late Alhaji Sheik Okeh, I am

51 years old and now a new

Christian convert, suffering

from long time cancer of the

breast. From all indications

my condition is really

deteriorating and its quite

obvious that I may not live

long according to my doctors,

this is because the cancer

stage has gotten to a very

bad stage.



My late husband late Alhaji

Sheik Okeh, was killed during

the USA raid against

terrorism in Afghanistan. My

late husband was very

wealthy, who made his money

from the Afghanistan's

Government, and hence I

inherited all his business

and wealth after his death

because during the period of

our marriage we couldn't

produce any child. And now

the doctor has advised me

that I may not live for more

that six months, so I now

decide to divide this wealth

in order to contribute to the

development of the churches

in Africa, America, Asia and

Europe and for humanity in

general.


I selected you after visiting

the website and I prayed over

it, so I am willing to donate

the sum of $10 million US

Dollar to you on behalf of

your organization to lend a

hand in reaching out to the

less privileged and the

development of the gospel of

our lord Jesus Christ, since

I am very sick to handle this

my dream on my own.

I want you to know that this

fund is in presently in

Security Company in

Switzerland, where my late

husband deposited it. So and

upon your reply I will

instruct my attorney

Barrister Michael Gill

Holonis, who is presently in

USA distributing relief

materials to victims in USA,

to file in an application of

Withdrawal of the consignment

to your favor. Presently I am

writing this letter from a

Hospital in London where I

have been taken my treatment,

which is why I handed over

every thing concerning this

Donation to my Attorney,

since he has been my family

Lawyer for 18 years now.

Meanwhile to process the

documents that will be used

to withdrawn this consignment

from the Security Company I

will need some vita

information about you or on

behalf of your organization,

so that I will forward it to

my Attorney immediately, so

please confirm this items as

below:


1,your full name
2,your mailing address
3,your telephone and fax

numbers.


On receipt of this confirmed

items I will forward it to my

Attorney so that some

necessary changes will be

made on the documents to

enable you have claim to the

Consignment/Donation.


Lastly, I honestly pray that

this Donation when

transferred to you, will be

used for the said purpose and

properly too, because I have

come to find out that wealth

acquisition without Christ is

vanity. Please note that

until this Donation is

delivered to you, I will

strongly insist that this

transaction most be keep a

top secret.


May the grace of our lord

Jesus Christ, the love of

GOD, and the fellowship of

GOD be with you and your

family as I wait your gentle

and kind response to this

mail. Reply to this Email

address;

dr_kenmorgan@rediffmail.com


Expecting to hear from you as

soon as possible.
GOD blesses you and your

family.
Mrs. Felica Okeh.

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