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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: "Jane Fowler" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <janefowler@gala.net>
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:22:12 -0700
Subject: From Jane Fowler... Reply

Dearest In Christ,


Calvary Greetings in the name of our lord Jesus Christ our saviour.


My name is Mrs Jane Fowler, wife to the late Eric Fowler from Dublin Ireland, I am 63 years of age and i have no family, no kids,i lost my husband and my only two kids in a motor accident five years ago and i became a born again christian after the sad news of my illness which is cancer , the doctors informed me about my cancer and i believed i was too aged and decided to give everything i have to serve the Lord and put smiles on peoples faces.



After i received instruction from God to use this funds to do GOD's work and to give to charitable organisations , i prayed to God for direction and he has been directing me. I told God that i want a ministry, or an honest person who will spend the fund for things that will glorify His name.



This revelation came after my conversion to a Born Again christian I received Christ and i found out that a sinner has no place in the kingdom of God. I never had rest of mind, i seeked God for forgiveness and he Revealed to me that i will only have rest of mind if i serve him with all my heart and use generousity to use my wealth to help people in need and spread His name and He will bless me mightily.



It was when i received Christ that i realized the meaning of going to heaven. I need to make heaven, i don't want to perish in hell fire. As my level of Christianity was increasing,i understood that the wealth of sinners are acquired for the just. God opened my eyes to the book of Ecclesiastes 6,verses 1 & 2. Read this scripture and you will understand that there are 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, 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 for sacrifice, Abraham was faithful. He obeyed and God made him father of many nations.



After the death of my late husband and when i was told about my illness i had to sell all our hard earned properties in order to serve the Lord since i'll be meeting him soon , everything amounted to the total sum of $10,000,000.00 USD then afterwards i depositted the funds with a security company in order to keep the funds safe.



I deposited exactly $10 million with them , they demanded some charges for keeping the funds and dumorages but i didnt pay yet i am to pay once there is an order to release the funds and untill i get a beneficiary which is you . Please I need you to understand that everything shall be completed in a legal form.



Please i want you to develop and take a step of faith so we can move on with this transaction further known as the Kingdom works , i believe faith as brought us together and Destiny has a place in this too. I want you to follow your heart and decide to take control of everything as the Lord will always test our faith.


Please get back to me so we can continue and i can assure you that the faster you contact me the faster we accomplish everything.


Hoping to hear from you .


In the Lord's Service,

Jane Fowler.

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