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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: Jennifer Rogers <nnn@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: mrsrogers22@xd.ae
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:28:38 +1100
Subject: Re



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 &
His Mercies and glory upon my life.

I am Mrs.Jennifer Rogers,the wife of Mr.Kenneth Rogers,both of us
are citizens of the united state of America. my husband worked
with the Chevron/Texaco in Hong Kong 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 as 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 7.5 Million Pounds
(Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand Pounds) with a Bank in Asia.
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 his account) as I can not
come over.

Presently, I'm in a hospital in Hong Kong where I have been
undergoing treatment for throat cancer. have since lost my ability to
talk and my doctor told me that I have only a few weeks to live.It
is my last wish to see this money distributed to charity
organizations and NGO anywhere in the World in helping human
race.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 I await your quick
response to this mail as this is my last wish to see this funds
transferred before my Death.

Please my beloved for further communication on how we are going
to conclude this,
Remain Blessed.
Your Sister in Christ,
Mrs. Jennifer Rogers.

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