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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: "HASSALL JAIN" <mr_hassall@hamdard.net.pk>
Reply-To: jainhassall09@outgun.com
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:11:03 +0500
Subject: With God all things are possible

Dear Beloved in Christ,

It is by the grace of God that I received Christ, having known the
truth, I had no choice than to do what is lawful and just in the sight
of God for eternal life and in the sight of man for witness of God &
is Mercies and glory upon my life.

I am Mrs. Sarah Baxter, the wife of Mr. Ricky Baxter, my husband
worked with the Chevron/Texaco in Jordan for twenty years before he
died in the year 2005.We were married for ten years without a child.
My Husband died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days.
Before his death we both got born again and dedicated Christians.

Since his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my
matrimonial home which the Bible is strongly against. When my late
husband was alive he deposited the sum of US$7.5 Million. (Seven
Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S.Dollars) with a Bank in Europe.

Presently, this money is still with the Bank and the management just
wrote me as the beneficiary that our account has been DORMANT and if
I, as the beneficiary of the funds, do not re-activate the account;
the funds will be CONFISCATED or I rather issue a letter of
authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf (note that you
need to activate this account) as I can not come over. Presently, I'm
in a hospital in Jordan where I have been undergoing treatment for
esophageal cancer.


I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that
I have only a few weeks to live. It is my last wish to see this money
distributed to charity organizations anywhere in the World. Because
relatives and friends have plundered so much of my wealth since my
illness, I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge
responsibility to any of them.

Please, I beg you in the name of God to help me Stand-in as the
beneficiary and collect the Funds from the Bank. I want a person that
is God-fearing who will use this money to fund churches, orphanages
and widows propagating the word of God and to ensure that the house of
God is maintained.

The Bible made us to understand that blessed is the hand that giveth.
I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit
this money and my husband's relatives are not Christians and I don't
want my husband's hard earned money to be misused by unbelievers. I
don't want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly
manner. Hence the reason for taking this bold decision.

I am not afraid of death since I know where I am going to. I know that
I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord. {Exodus14 VS14} says that
the lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace. I don't need
any telephone communication in this regard because of my soundless
voice and presence of my husband's relatives around me always. I don't
want them to know about this development.

With God all things are possible.

If you are interested in help me fulfill this dream, you can email to
my personal email: mrssarahbaxter@gmail.com

Your Sister in Christ,

Mrs. Sarah Baxter



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