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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.Josephine" <josephinekwame11@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 07:48:11 -0700
Subject: Dearest in Christ Please this letter is strictly personal to you,

From the desk of
Mrs Josephine Kwame

Dear child of God Calvary Greetings, in the name of the LORD Almighty and
Our LORD JESUS CHRIST the giver of every good thing. Good day and
compliments of the seasons, i know this letter will definitely come to you
as a huge surprise, but I implore you to take the time to go through it
carefully as the decision you make will go a long way to determine my
future and continued existence.

My name is Mrs Josephine Kwame a widow to Mr.Donatus C kwame who was a
competent business man and A top ARMY officer. here in GHANA West Africa,
we were married for many yrs without any child till his death in October
2005 after a brief illness. Due to the promise which i revered to him on
the alter at the day of our church wedding i decided not to remarry or get
a child outside my matrimonial home which is against the holy bible.

My happiness is that my late husband lived a life of a true worthy
Christian and he has this plan before his death which he pleaded with me to
appropriate it to accomplishment. He took this decision with me
to use this fund in building an orphanage in his name that will accommodate
thousands of children, and also to use part of this fund in helping the
less fortunate and to spread the gospel of the lord to the remote places of
the world.

He made the deposit of $(15.Million)USD in a Finance Security Company here
in Ghana. Recently, my Doctor told me that i would not last for the next 5
months due to cancer & stroke illness.

Having known my condition i decided to seek for a competent and reliable
God fearing person or church to entrust this fund to utilize this fund the
way i narrated above as my late husband desired.

The Bible made us to understand that "Blessed is the hand that giveth.I
took this decision because i don't have any child that will inherit this
money and my late husbands relatives are not Christians and I don't want my
late husbands efforts to be used by unbelievers.

I don't want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly way.
This is why I am taking this decision. I am not afraid of death hence i
know where i am going. I don't need any telephone communication in this
regard because of my health hence the presence of my husbands relatives are
around me always. i don't want them to
know about this development.

As soon as i receive your reply i shall give you the contact of my attorney
so you can contact him directly and he will change all documents that will
legalize you to have access over this fund. I will also issue you an
affidavit that will prove you as the new beneficiary of this fund in the
Finance Security Company the contacts of the
security company will also be given to you to enable you contact them
officially. I want you and the church to always pray for me because the
lord is my shepherd.

My happiness is that i and my late husband lived a life of a worthy
Christian. Whoever that Wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit
and Truth.

Please always be prayerful all through your life and pray to God to forgive
me my sins. Contact me on my private email bellow, any delay in your reply
will give me room in sourcing for another church or a God fearing person
for this same purpose.

Please assure me that you will act accordingly as i stated herein. please
the contact of my attorney will be giving to you after receiving your
positive reply for you to contact him directly on behalf of me he will
handle the project.send your reply to my private email (
josephinekwame4@rediffmail.com )

Yours Sister In Christ,
Mrs Josephine Kwame

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