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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: Laura Jackson <brothermusa226@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrs.j1035@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 01:16:04 +0100
Subject: Claim of Donation Fund

Claim of Donation Fund

Good day to you my beloved in the Lord How is everything going with you and
your family? This message might come to you as a surprise, However, It all
just my urgent needs for a partner, That made me contact you for this
urgent transaction for the Work of God Almighty, My name is Laura Jackson
from United States of America, I'm a widow suffering from Breast Cancer and
Stroke, which denied me a child as a result, I may not last till next two
months according to my doctor report, I'm married to late Pastor Lawrence
Jackson, And we were married for many years without any issue of a child
before his death, I'm 65 years old woman and I have some funds which I
inherited from my late husband the sum of (18 Million Dollars) which I
needed a very honest and God fearing person who will claim the funds from
the Bank and use the funds for work of God Affair donation in the house of
God Almighty, like propagating the good news of God and to endeavor God
worshiping place and help less-privileged, I found your profile and I
decided to contact you for the donation work of God Affair, Please if you
know that you can not afford to carry out this project by all means in the
name of our Lord God as a believer in Christ Jesus please do not respond
back to this email.

According to my doctor report, I don't need any telephone communication in
this regards because of my health condition, The reason why taking this
bold decision is because my husband's relatives are not Christians and I
don't want my family head to earned money to be misused by unbelievers, I
don't want a situation where this Fund will be used in an ungodly manner, I
am not afraid of death hence I know that I am going to be in the bosom of
the Lord Almighty, Exodus! 14 VS 14 says that the lord will fight my case
and I shall hold my peace, I will like you to understand that my contact
with you is a divine direction from God Almighty after all my fasting and
prayers.

God opened my eyes to the book of Ecclesiastes 6,verses 1 & 2.Read this
scripture and you will understand that there are many people in this world
that God gave the grace to acquire wealth yet God did not give them the
grace to enjoy the wealth, I happened to fall into the same category now it
is the wish of God When God revealed to me to use my wealth to do his work
in his kingdom, I understood that God was testing me like He tested Abraham
and other men of God, Abraham needed a child and God asked him to use his
only son Isaac for sacrifice, Abraham was faithful and obeyed the Lord
Jesus Christ, And God made him the father of many nations, Please if you
will use this fund as I stated in this letter then direct your reply
immediately, Get back to me if you are interested so that I will lead you
to Ally Bank in Chicago, IL where this fund was deposited by my lat husband
Pastor Lawrence Jackson, for you to retrieve the funds in your name as the
next of kin for work of God Affair, I will stop here until I hear from you
soonest. Please kindly contact me back.

Yours Faithfully
Laura Jackson

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