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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. Janet Rashid" <genie@uwclub.net>
Reply-To: janetrashid011@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 14:08:31 +0530
Subject: I greet you in the name of God, I am Mrs. Janet Rashid,



--
Marcory Zone 4, 28 rue
27 BP 270. New Coco Beach
Abidjan - Cote D' Ivoire
Dear beloved one
I greet you in the name of God, I am Mrs. Janet Rashid, the wife of
late Mr.Khater Rashid, a citizen of Germany, Director of a textile
company owner, business man, a miner at Gold mining company in Ivory
Coast, he was also a geologist and a mining consultant to several
other mining conglomerates operating in Ivory Coast, china, Taiwan,
Japan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Vietnam all in Asia, When my late husband
was alive he deposited the sum of three Million five Hundred thousand
United States Dollars in a bank. this fund was designated for
humanitarian work before the sudden dead of my husband in year 2009.
presently my doctor confirmed to me that I have esophageal and stomach
cancers and that i have just some couple of months to live. the one
that disturbs me most is my stroke sickness, Having known my condition
I decided to donate this fund to a trustworthy individual that will
utilize this fund the way I am going to instruct herein. I want a
honest person that will use this fund for orphanage, hospitals,
schools, and propagation of the work of the almighty God.
I took this decision because I do not have any child that will inherit
this fund and my husband relatives are full of evil minded and I do
not want my husband's efforts to be used by evil minded person.
I do not want a situation where this fund will be used in an ungodly
manner. That's why I am taking this decision. i am not afraid of
death, so i know where I am going. I know that i am going to be in the
bosom of man. Exodus 14 vs 14, says that the lord will fight my case
and I will hold my peace.
If you are touched and have the interest of helping the less
privileged living around your locality with your true heart and wish
to extend your Godly help to these people in the society and be
blessed through my donation, please do reply me with the following
informations below

1) Your full name ....
(2) Your address .....
(3) Your Nationality ....
(4) Your age / gender .....
(5) Your Profession .....
(6) Your marital status ...
(7) Your direct telephone number ....

any delay to your reply will give me another room of looking for
another person.
God bless you.
Janet Rashid





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