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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.Justina Martin" <sister_justinaj@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: "Mrs.Justina Martin" <sister_jus1@gmx.us>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 19:53:02 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hello in the lord


Hello in the lord,

I am Mrs. Justina Martin from Bahrain .
 
I
am married to Dr. phillip Martin who work with bahrain embassey here in
abidjan cote d ' ivoire for nine years before he died in the year 2004.
we were married for eleveen years and survived with only one child name
micheal . and my husband died after a brief illiness that lasted for
only four days. Before he died we were both born again christains ,
since his death i i decided not to remarry since i have a son that is
against my matrimonial home which the bible is against. when my late
husband was alive he deposited the sume of (6 million u.s dollars) in a
bank here in abidjan cote d ' ivoire . presently, this is still in the
bank and recently my doctor told me that i would not for the next three
months due to cancer problem .

Though what disturb me most is
about my son micheal and my stroke , having known my condition i decide
to donate part of this fund to churches , orphans and widows and use the
rest of the money for my son's education that is why i am looking for a
better christain individual that will utilize this money the way i am
going to instruct here in . I want you to use this fund to churches ,
orphanages and widows propagating the word of god and to ensure that the
house of god is mentained. the bible made us to understand that blessed
is the hand that giveth . i took this decission because i know that i
can not live inherite this money and my husband relatives are not
christains and i don't want my husband's hard earned money to be misused
by unbeievers.And i don't a situation where this money will be used to
ungodly manners . hence the reason for taking this bold decission.

I
am not afraid of death hence i know that my son is alive, but my
problem is to take care of him because i know that i will soon be going
to be in the bossom of of the lord . exodos 14 vs 14 says that the lord
will fight my case and i shall hold my peace. Please i don't need any
telephone communications in this regard because of my health and because
of the present of my husband's relatives around me always and i don't
want them to know about this development is only you and my little son
knows about this and i believe with god all things are possible .as soon
as i recieves your reply i shall give you the contact of the bank here
in abidjan cote d ' ivoire . I will also issue a letter of authority
that will you as the original beneficiary of this fund . i want you and
the church where you worship to always pray for me because i know that
the lord is my shephard. my happiness is that i lived a life of a worthy
christain.

Who ever that want to serve the lord must serve him
in spirit and truth. please always be prayerfull throughout your life
and any delay in your reply will me and my son a room in searching for a
church or a christian individual for this same porpose. Please asure me
that you will act accordingly as I started here in i mean my husband's
relatives and i want you to fast and pray for god to take absolut
controll of this fund untill it get to you . please endeavour to use it
for the children of god, with trust.

Yours in the lord,
Mrs.Justina Martin.

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