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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: Sera Ching <seraa_1@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: sera_seraching@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 13:07:49 +0100 (CET)
Subject: MRS.SERA CHING.


Please use this money for the churches and less privileged.

Greetings to you and your family in the name of God. In my search for a reliable
and God fearing person and having gotten your contact through prayers and painstaking efforts I have decided to seek your help in carrying out my last wishes.
My name is Mrs.SERA CHING. I'm a 58 years old I am married to Mr.FOLE CHING.
who worked with CHINA embassy in Ivory Coast for nine years before he died in the
year 2007. We married with two children.

My husband and two children died in a car accident last years septembre 11/2007.
Before this happened, I never really cared about other values in life. But since the
loss of my family, I have found a new desire to assist helpless families.

My late husband kept US$8.5 million (Eight Million Five hundred thousand United States Dollars)in a long-term deposit account with a Bank. here in Abidjan,the capital city of Ivory Coast.

Presently, I'm in a hospital here in Abidjan where I have been undergoing treatment for oesophagi cancer. I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only few months to live. It is my last wish to see this money distributed to the charity organization. Because relatives and friends have plundered so much of My late husband wealth since my illness, I cannot live with the agony entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them.

Please, I beg you in the name of God to help me collect the deposit and distributes it accordingly. Use your judgment to distribute the money and keep 5% of it to
yourself. Feel free to reimburse yourself when you have the money for any cost you
incur during the process of collecting and distributing the money. If you are willing
to help, then confirm to the following information of yours below for further proceedings:

(1) Your Full Name;___________________________
(2) Your Full Home address.____________________
(3) Your telephone and fax numbers " For effective communication"______________
{4} A copy of your international passport or Driver's License;_______________________
{5} Your occupation/Age;___________________________

May the good lord bless you and your family.
Mrs.SERA CHING.




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