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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: "LAWRENCE LARSON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <reverendlarsonlaw@superposta.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 20:07:33 -0700
Subject: RE: CAN I TRUST YOU?

The General Council Of The
ASSEMBLIES OF GOD Church
CALIFORNIA USA,

My name is Rev Pastor LAWRENCE RAYMOND LARSON, I am 82yrs old of age, I reside at 8449 S.W. 108th Place, Florida 34481 U.S.A. I am a good merchant, I have several industrial companies and good share in various banks in the world. I spend all my life on ministry and cooperate business both in Asia, Europe and here in America.

I am a very godly man with all cost I care about orphanage and privileged people, since when I had an experience of my difficult to sleep and give rest. Later in the year 2010 November I was sent a letter of medical check up, as my personal doctor testified that I have a lung cancer, which can easily take off my life soon. I found it uneasy to survive myself, because a lot of my investments cannot be run and managed by me again. I quickly called up my fellow pastors/prophets to give me positive thinking on this solution, as my adviser. He ministered to me to share my properties, wealth, to motherless baby/orphanage homes/people that need money for survival, business women and men for their investments and for future rising, so that they will have food on their tables.

Therefore I am writing this letter to people who really need help to contact me urgently. so that I can make available preparation on that. Especially women of the day, who are divorced by their husbands, why they cannot survive from feeding and need roof over their head. Please contact me and stop weeping.

Probably let me know what you really need the money for, and if you can still help me to distribute money to people in need near your town. Now am so much with God, am now born again. May the lord bless you, as you reach me, please to remind you, don’t belong to scammers or any act of fraudulent act on Internet. I will give more information to you as I await your response immediately.

Best Regards
LAWRENCE RAYMOND LARSON

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