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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: "Jeff GEORGES" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jeff.georges@gmx.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2011 01:49:12 +0100
Subject: Beloved in Christ,


Beloved in Christ,
Beloved,
Accept and tolerate my little decent intrusion in your e-mail, I could not do otherwise to express me and share with you what I have so important on the heart. When sometimes one feels in despair with disgust to life, it is better to confide in someone and hope that a divine miracle and providence can happen to us. This is what I wish you as much as myself. I am Franco-Swiss elderly of 65 years, engineer, merchant and exporter and my work I'm travel everywhere in the world. I ask your help to make a donation that I kept in a bank in Africa for a project that never saw the day. You need to ask why me? Yes you were right. I'm widowed and I have not had children with my wife Mrs MICHAËL BÉNÉDICTE because she left this world after the crash of an aircraft. I am currently hospitalized precisely at the Centre Hospitalier St THOMAS to Widick in England. That the doctor was justified to me, a ball moved in my breathing cage, to say more I am reached lung and pancreatic cancer.

I plan to make the donation of a property in your favor I sold all my affairs. Part of this money was paid to various associations to centers of assistance to orphans and the homeless. I don't know what field of activity you are but I would like to help you help others. I have a small sum in a briefcase and kept in the trunk of a bank at this time and I do not want this money to return to the authorities of the Bank. This why I contacted you is that I would like to accept this gesture of generosity to assist me in a goal.

I would not long because I feel tired. I expect you a response with clarification on your person so even if it had never been I would have an idea about you. I await your response on my private address: jeff.georges@gmx.com to give you more details.

I consider that you do a few things for me, sessions of prayer in my favor, I urge you to do this in my favor, that you implores God for me.
Answer my following personal address: jeff.georges@gmx.com

GOD BLESS YOU.

Mister, Jeff GEORGES DESCHATELETS

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