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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: Mrs Flordevilla Pingkian <saramatuayad0222@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Mrs Flordevilla Pingkian <mrsflordevilla_pingkian1@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 22:28:35 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Message From Mrs Flordevilla Pingkian.

Message From Mrs Flordevilla Pingkian.

MY DONATION.

My greetings to you in the name of our God. I am Mrs Flordevilla Pingkian. a Widow to late Mr Pingkian Peter, We are from Republic of Philippines, but living in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, He was into business magnet-(Oil & Gas Explorer) in Federal Republic of Russia for many years before he died of Heart Attackin in the year 2009. We were married for years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only two weeks. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of ($1.6 Million USD dollars) in our fixed deposit account. in a Bank here in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, Presently, the fund is still with the Bank. Recently my doctor confirmed to me that I have pancreatic cancer and that i have just some couple of weeks to live. Having known my condition I decided to donate this money a trustworthy individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein,am happy to request for your assistance because I believe that you
are not going to betray the trust which I lay on you.

I want a God fearing person that wi ll use this money for orphanage, Motherless babies and widows, hospitals, Charity organization and propagation of the work of the Amighty God. I want you and your family to always pray for me because the Lord is my shepherd. I am a Widow 63 years old now and am suffering from kidney infection and a long time cancer of the lungs, God made us to understand that blessed is the hand that gives. I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money. This is the reason why I am taking this decision to contact you. I decided to contact you because of the urgency of my situation, It is with tears that I am writing this message to you from a hospital bed with the help of one Sister Nurse here in the hospital, but I have no other medium to do so right now since the situation of my health is deteriorating. do reply this email at your convenience for more details. to enable me put you in contact with the
Bank before I will go for my operation as I do not know what will happen next. may the Lord give you wisdom to do this Projects,

Remain blessed Yours Sister

Mrs Flordevilla Pingkian.

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