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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: victorie dickson <victoriedickson01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: victorie dickson <victoriadickson897@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 20:35:40 +0900 (JST)
Subject: May The Peace of The Lord Be With You

May The Peace of The Lord Be With You,

I am Sister Victoria Dickson from Bahrain.

I am married to Dr. phillip oulibaly 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,
Sister Victoria Dickson.

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