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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: "Reverend Sister Mary Thomas." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sis.marythomas5262@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2017 23:02:42 -0700
Subject: Re:I am still waitng after my first email to you.09/08/2017

Good day,
 
I am Reverend Sister Mary Thomas from St. Mary's Catholic Church - Dubai, UAE, it's very pathetic that we lost Rev. Father Clement Sandy of St. Mary's Catholic Church - Dubai, UAE. Late Rev.Clement Sandy is an American and also an orphan but nationalized in St. Mary's Catholic Church - Dubai, UAE.
 
 
Late Rev.Father Clement Sandy died on 5th April 2016 and before he died, he made a will and instructs me to contact you on your email when he died as the next of kin of the fund as his spirit direct him.
 
 
I am glad to inform you that late Rev.Clement Sandy made you the beneficiary of his will a sum of $6,500,000.00 through your e-mail address, you might be wondering how late Rev.Father Clement Sandy made you the beneficiary of his will.
 
 
Late Rev.Father Clement Sandy made a random sampling of many people's e-mail addresses by the help of Microsoft international firm and among the people e-mail addresses, yours came out as a draw and this is how late father Clement Sandy made you the beneficiary of his will and instruct that you can only be informed when he pass on and memorial service Completed.
 
 
Now for you to claim your fund forward the details below to me via this email (  sistermary.thomas@yandex.com  ) so I can forward it to the Doncaster Finance and Securities,International Payment Center  Dubai, UAE for the release of your funds.
 
 
Full name.
Contact address.
Age
Occupation.
Private phone number.
 
 
Best regards & God bless you.
 
Reverend Sister Mary Thomas.

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