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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: ng_felix022@yahoo.co.th
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:24:37 +0700 (ICT)
Subject: Charity Donation To You


I am contacting you based on trust and wish that you will give me back the trust I have given to you. I am not looking for anything else but for someone with the fear of God and one who understands the spiritual implications of handling money meant for the propagation of Gods work.
I am Dr.Felix N'guessan of PISAM (Polyclinique International Sainte Anne Marie) here in Abidjan the capital city of Cote D’ivoire. I have an old man with a brain cancer problem. His name is Evangelist.Thomas Mauro, 69 years old man, Switzerland citizen.

He was working here in this country with the United Nations but unfortunately for him, he ran into the hands of the rebels with his wife and their only son, all were killed during the crisis. As at the moment Evangelist Thomas Mauro may not live for more than two months.

He has gone for his first major operation and survived it and in showing appreciation to God for the survival in the operation he now decide to give part of his wealth for the promotion and propagation of God’s work in the area of Charity. $7.000, 000, 00 (Seven million United States dollars) is his donation to humanity and this money are meant for motherless babies, the destitute and widows.

This is a Charity donation from a passionate heart. Contact me via email if you are sincere enough so that I will connect you to his attorney who is in the custody of the depository documents in the bank and please do not reply me if you have the intention of using this fund in an ungodly way other than evangelism and affecting lives.

Even though I have not met you in person before but I got a message as I looked at your mail ID that you will not betray a trust reposed on you. I will inform his Family Lawyer so that he can arrange for the release of the funds to you.

Your most confidentiality in this matter will be appreciated until the task is accomplished, as I don't want anything that will Jeopardize His last wish, due to the fact that he do not want relatives or family members standing in the way of His last wish.

Thanks and may God bless you; I do hope to hear from you soon and please do not forget to send your Telephone number, Your Age, your marital Status, Your Occupation and Your Nationality.
Yours in Christ,
Dr.Felix N'guessan,
For Evangelist Thomas Mauro


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