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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: "From Reverend Sister Olivia James." <consultant@admin.in.th>
Reply-To: officialmail2013@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 01:54:21 -0800
Subject: Re: This is my second notification to you but no response!



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Good day,

I am reverend sister Olivia James from st Paul Catholic Church here in
United Kingdom, it’s very pathetic that we lost Rev. Father Michael
Mobley of st Paul Catholic Church London. Late Rev.Father Michael Mobley
is an American and also an orphan but nationalized in st Paul Cathedral
London.


Late Rev.Father Michael Mobley died on 5th November 2012 and before he
died, he made a will and instructs me to contact you on your email when
he died as the next of kin of the fund as his spirit direct him.


I am glad to inform you that late Rev.Father Michael Mobley made you
the beneficiary of his will a sum of $1,500,000.00 through your e-mail
address, you might be wondering how late Rev.Father Michael Mobley made
you the beneficiary of his will.

Late Rev.Father Michael Mobley made a random sampling of many people’s
e-mail addresses by the help of Microsoft international firm and among
the people e-mail addresses, yours came out as a draw and this is how
late father Michael Mobley made you the beneficiary of his will and
instruct that you can only be told when he pass on and memorial service
Completed.


Now for you to claim your fund forward the details below to me via this
email ( oliviajames11@angelic.com ) so that I can forward it to the
Standard Chartered Bank London for the release of your funds because the
deposit document is with me here and the bank has ask of you.


1, Full name.
2, Contact address.
3, Age
4, Occupation.
5, Private phone number.


I wait to hear from you today.

Best regards & God bless you.
Reverend Sister Olivia James.
PRIVATE EMAIL: oliviajames11@angelic.com

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