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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: Sister Christiana <service.foundation@amicable.biz>
Reply-To: sister.christianas@ymail.com
Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 11:13:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dearest in the Lord:



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Dearest in the Lord:
 
Greeting in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, I am Mrs Caliana al-Rasheed by Islamic named and later baptized in Christianity and named (Sister Christiana)

I am from Saudi Arabia and married to late Mr Mohammed Ahmad al-Rasheed who was the Saudi Arabian ambassador to Ivory Coast before he murdered on the 28/03/2003. We were been married with each other without having a child.
 
You should click on the below website to read the news about my late husband.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2003/03/28/819242.htm

After the funeral ceremonies of my late husband was conducted by our Islamic brothers in Ivory Coast here, I repented and became a fully born again Christian through the preaching of one Pentecostal Pastor during his condolence visit to me. I welcomed his great preaching and became convinced to changed my religion to Christianity hence it was our Islamic religion brothers who plotted the incident and made my late husband to fell victim.

Since his death occurred, I became a full born again Christian and fully believed if my late husband was alive, he would have also repented and get baptized as I do through the Pastor’s preaching to me.
 
When my late husband was alive he intend to establish a Crude oil refinery here in Ivory Coast and safeguard the sum of US$12 Million Dollars in a Security Guard House here in Abidjan Ivory Coast where people used to safeguard most of their important properties for some securities reason to avoid armed robberies and up till date the money still remained untouchable in the Security Guard House as our family valuables.

My late husband could have deposit the money in a bank but due to civil war in Ivory Coast were the rebels broke several banks and banks robberies, he became afraid of the banks robberies in the country and decided to safeguard the money in the Security Guard House where people used to safeguard most of their important properties, although the Security Guard House is not aware of the real inner content of the consignment as my late husband packaged the money very well from the bottomless of the consignment to the middle of the consignment and used a little Jeweleries to sealed the top of the consignment which help him to declared the inner content of the consignment to the Security Guard House as his Jeweleries property to avoid any of their officials making away with the money inside the consignment.       

But my major problem now is my doctor revealed to me that I may have a short while to live due to my cancer decease problem and will be under going surgery operation in the next few days. The one that disturbs me mostly is my stroke sickness and having known my present condition of health will result. I decided to donate the money to charity organizations in your area through a God fearing individual like you that will utilize the money the way I am going to instruct.

I want some body like you or an organization that will use the money to helping disables, orphanage homes, christian school, churches and widows in your area to propagating the word of GOD and to endeavors to see that the house of GOD is well maintained.
 
Coming from a core Islamic Society, I my parent and my late husband parent disowned me right from the day I changed my religion.  Believed me, the little things owned by my late husband I want to give them all away to charities.

As soon as I receive your response I shall be putting you in contact with the Security Guard House to enable you to make an official contact with them.

I will forward to you all the documents concerning the deposit for the proof of my sincerity in this.
 
My greatest happiness in my life to day is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian since I became fully born again Christian and whoever that wants to serve the Lord should serve him in truth and spirit as Christianities doctrines described.

Please always pray for my survival during my surgery operation in the next few days.

Thanks and remained bless in the Lord.
Sister Christiana

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