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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: "Gerald" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <geraldlivingstone2@gmailocom>
Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2016 12:09:33 -0000
Subject: PLEASE READ THIS MESSAGE

Dear friend,

It took me time and divine intervention to write this post, as we have never had any correspondence. My name is Reverend Father Gerald Livingston. I'm a Catholic priest and am very interested in a relationship of mutual benefit as I have access to what is needed, but they lack the experience and am not in a position to improve its use. There is an urgent need for my contact with you as I have recently been granted the opportunity to have access to US $ 10,500,000.00 (ten million five hundred thousand United States dollars only). Access to this Fund is made available by a woman, who turns out to be a serious member of my parish.


She is well known in this community and aside being a major real-estate agent is a magnet in environmental management and was an oil merchant licensed before now. Unfortunately has been living and fighting breast cancer for about 14 months. Although she is not married, it has an 8-year-old daughter and I have been responsible for her care since the break of their horrible dilemma. She has gone through an initial operation, and although she will undergo a final operation within the next few days, doctors said her chances of survival to live is under probability. She is not aware of this fact and she still remains that we hope that something positive can be done in her case. Based on my last discussion with her yesterday afternoon on the future of her daughter, she should not be so lucky. She insisted that the Fund should be invested.

Unfortunately I am not definitely in a position of doing things, so I seek your help in taking control of the management of the Fund.I solved it in a deal that will establish for you in an annual fee which will be paid to you to take control and manage the Fund while half of the proceeding will be the development of the treatment of patients with cancer. The rest will remain with you so keep it up her daughter. Desire may be helpful for this course and I would like to add that I sometimes get
e-mails not requested, so I hope that my email does not come as an embarrassment, but please please accept my apologies. Waiting for your response.
Yours in Christ,
The Reverend Father Gerald Livingston

Please reply this email to my private mail box:: geraldlivingstone2@gmail.com

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