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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: "Mr. Reynolds Clarke," <jsolo40@gmail.com>
Reply-To: reynolds1222@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 21:14:59 +0000
Subject: Calvary Greetings Beloved,


Calvary Greetings Beloved,

I know that this letter may be a very big surprise to you, I am giving you
my trust and wish you will give me back the trust i have given you .I
believe that you will be honest to fulfill my final wish before I will die.

I am Mr. Reynolds Clarke, I am 58 years old, I am suffering from a long
time cancer of the blood .From all indication my condition is really
deteriorating, and my doctors have courageously advised me that I may not
live beyond the next two months, this is because the cancer stage has
reached a critical stage.

I was brought up in a motherless baby's home, and was married to my late
wife for twenty years without a child. My wife and I are true Christians,
but quite unfortunately, she died in a labor room so i could not hear the
cry of a child in my house Since her death I decided not to re-marry, I
sold all my belongings and deposited all the sum of $10.2million dollars
with a security company, as it was packaged and registered as a personal
Valuable.

Presently, this money is still in their custody, and the management just
wrote me as the Legitimate beneficiary to come forward to receive the
Deposit after keeping it for so long or rather issue a letter of
authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf since I cannot come
over as a result of my illness, Presently, I’m with my laptop in a hospital
where I have been undergoing treatment. I have since lost my ability to
walk about or do anything by myself and my doctors have told me that I have
only a few months to live.

It is my last wish to see that this money is invested in any business of
your choice and the gain made every year or 6 months as the case may be,
distributed each year among the charity organization, the poor and the
motherless baby's home where I come from. I want your good humanitarian, to
also use this money to fund churches, orphanages and widows around, 20% for
you, I must let you know that this was a very hard decision, but I had to
take a bold step towards this issue because I have no further option. I
hope you will help see my last wishes
come true.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the
security company. I will also issue you a letter of authority, which will
prove that you are the new beneficiary of my funds. Please assure me that
you will act accordingly as I stated herein.

Hope to hear from you soonest
yours Sincerely
Mr. REYNOLDS CLARKE
+447045752559

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