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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: =?utf-8?q?Mrs=20Judith=20Kelvin?= <judithkelvin100@yahoo.pl>
Reply-To: judithkelvin1@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 19:09:22 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: GOOD BLESS YOU:


Mam nowy adres elektroniczny!Odtad listy do mnie nalezy wysylac na adres: judithkelvin100@yahoo.pl

Greetings in the name of God,Pls let this not sound strange to

you for my only surviving lawyer who would have done this died

early this year.i prayed and got you email id from your countrys

christian guestbook which i have been with my late huband and

liked to visit once more if God will in his infinite mercies.

I am Mrs. Judith Kelvin from Netherlands,I am 58 years old,i

am deaf and suffering from a long time cancer of the breast which

also affected my brain,from all indication my conditions is really

deteriorating and it is quite obvious that, according to my doctors

they have advised me that i may not live for the next two months,this

is because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage. I

was brought up from a motherless babies home was married to my

late husband for twenty years without a child ,died in a fatal

motor accident Before his death we were true Christians.

Since his death I decided not to re-marry,I sold all my inherited

belongings and deposited all the sum of $6 million dollars with

a Security Company.Presently, this money is still with them and

the management just wrote me as the true owner to come forward

to receive the money for keeping it so long or rather issue a

letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf

since I can not come over because of my illness or they get it

confisticated.

Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital where I have been

undergoing treatment for cancer of the lungs. I have since lost

my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only

a few months to live.

It is my last wish to see that this money is invested to any

organisation of your choice and distributed each year among the

charity organization,the poor and the motherless babies home

where i come from.


I want you God fearing, to also use this money to fund churches,

orphanages and widows,I took this decision, before i rest in

peace because my time will soon be up.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact

of the Security Company.


I will also issue you a letter of authority that will prove you

as the new beneficiary of my fund. Please assure me that you will act

accordingly as I stated herein.

Waiting for your reply.


Yours in Christ,

Mrs.Judith Kelvin

- Mrs Judith Kelvin


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