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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: EDWARD KONG <jd3132359@gmail.com>
Reply-To: REVHOLDERANDREW159@aol.co
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2022 07:17:52 -0700
Subject: HELLO

Hello

I believe that you have not forgotten me, although it was indeed a
very long time we communicated last. Well, this is to thank you for
your past effort to assist me in moving out late Mr. Joseph J.
Keller's funds out from the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
(ICBC) New York city at that time, I understand your thought that
time, that I wasn’t for real and you said that I am a scam but I told
you that am not a scam and you understood me and did your best to
assist me but could not conclude the transaction with me. I thank God
for his grace and favor upon my life because there was a man called
Mr. Maha Sinnathamby from Australia who finally helped me to move the
money to his account so the ICBC bank did not seize funds of late
Mr.Joseph J. Keller any more who died on the plane crash on 11th of
September 2015.

I am so glad to write this email to you today, God is really wonderful
and so kind to me, God makes a way where there is no way, I did not
believe that I would move out from New York by now, but God has made
it possible for me. So I am happy to inform you about my success in
getting those funds transferred under my new partner from Inneston
Village, South Australia, I am currently in the Inneston Village for
my investment here in the Australia, Meanwhile, I did not forget all
your past efforts and attempts to assist me that time in transferring
those funds despite that it failed us some how due to one reason or
the other. But because i made a promise to God that i must surely
compensate you as the first person who tried all your best to help me
despite that you did not conclude the transaction but i could not
forget your good advice and encouragement which gave me at that time.
Now i want you contact our parish priest Reverend Fr.Andrew Holder who
used to be a good father to me when I was in New York City, his
e-mail address is as follows revholderandrew159@aol.com I told him to
send a certified bank check of (US$2,000,000.00) Two Million United
State Dollars Only, which I prepared for you and kept for your
compensation for all efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter,
knowing fully well that I would have not succeeded if not your advice
and encouragement to me at that time. Please accept this little token
as it is, but I really appreciate your efforts at that time very much.
So feel free to contact Rev. Father Andrew Holder at:
revholderandrew159@aol.com and instruct him where to send you the
cashier check.

Note: Below is the required information you will send to Reverend
Fr.Andrew Holder:

(1) Your full names:
(2) Your house address:
(3) Your telephone number:
(4) Your identification e.g.Drivers license

Please let me know immediately you receive your cashier check so we
can share our joy together after all the sufferings at that time. At
this point, I’m very busy here because of my investment and some
project that we have at hand. Finally, remember that I had forwarded
instruction to the Reverend Fr.Andrew Holder on your behalf to receive
that check but you have to reconfirm it again to avoid any mistake. So
do not hesitate to contact him and he will send the amount to you
without any delay.

And please do not forget to inform me as soon as you receive the
cashier check. Again you have to follow every instruction given to you
by Father Andrew Holder to make the Token get to you successfully.

Take care and God bless you. Bye for now.

Yours good friend,
Edward Kong

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