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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: "Vincent Parker" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hismostvin@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2017 03:54:26 -0700
Subject: I am humbly seeking for your utmost assistance.

Dear Friend,
 
 
Taking into Consideration that we have not met before or had any previous dealings,l know that this correspondent will come to you as a surprise although it's with good motive.My name is Reverend Father Vincent Parker(Priest Of Catholic Church), an International Missionary based in Syria.l am now in the Hospital Of the Refugee Camp in Syria.
 
 
A few years ago in Syria where I am in charge of a little congregation where I preached regularly, but the civil war escalated and the church was converted to a hospital of sought.On one faithful day three Syrian Soldiers,whom l later learnt were special aids to the President came to me and left two trunk boxes containing money with me and swore to come back for it. But you guessed what?, they never did because,they were among those who were captured and killed by one of the Syrian Rebels.
 
 
After this incident,l was left with the boxes containing about ( Three Million United States Dollars) Because of the risk of keeping the said boxes on my possession due to the in-security in my temporary Church/Hospital,l decided to deposit the aid boxes with a security Finance Firm,which has it's branches in many parts of Europe,Asia,America and Africa. Over years after this ugly incident,l had tried all l could to locate either the address of the slain Soldiers or any members of their immediate families,but all to no avail.I later made arrangement with the Security Company to move the fund out of here to a secure place and to God be the glory,the fund was moved out of here and was deposited  to One of the their Branch in London UK.I wanted to later use the money to help the poor in Syria,but the on going war still could not allow for such aid.
 
 
Now because l was among those who were evacuated from Syria recently due to another round of war in which i was accidentally shot.l am now writing to request for your assistance based on your willingness to accept my wish and conditions on which l want to use this said amount for. Because of the natures of my profession (Missionary) l will not be able to stand to claim this Fund for my personal use,,as it will attract questions from my followers who knew that l am only but a preacher,that is not supposed to be identified with such amount of money.And and due to my condition now in which doctors are not giving me hope of survival,that is why I'm seeking for your assistance,so that you will stand as the Beneficiary of the Fund.(I have all the fund information and will release to you the information of the fund before is late for me)
 
 
All the documents used in depositing the fund in the bank are all in my possession.l will send them to you as soon as you show your willingness to take part in this objective. l will only need 10% of the total sum, to support my Missionary works if i am live to see you receive this fund from the security company where it was deposited . l want you to use part of the Money,(30%) to support your business and family and the remaining 60% MUST be used for Charity,especially for building of hospitals,render help to the Orphans ,Widows,The Suffering  and less privileged people within your Country and outside Your Country. l pray the Almighty God will give you the courage to accomplish this in good faith. If you think that you can be of use to this humanity services,please respond to this email immediately so i could give you vital information before my condition here get worst.Am in pains here now.
 
 
Yours Sincerely
 
 
Rev Vincent Parker.

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