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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: Ms Sandra Morris <fwkz7175@nifty.com>
Reply-To: morrissandra855@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2017 01:56:26 +0900 (JST)
Subject: MAY THE PEACE OF GOD BE UPON YOU

Greetings to you in the name of our lord Jesus Christ,

I am Mrs Sandra Morris From Republic of France, I am married to late Mr Christ
opher Morris, who was a contractor here in Cote D’Ivoire before he died in th
e year 2013. We were married for years without a child. When my late husband w
as alive he deposited the sum of (US$3.500.000 ) with one of the bank here. Pr
esently, this money is still with the bank. My doctor told me that I would not
last for the next six months due to my cancer problem. Having known my condit
ion I decided to donate this fund to help the orphans, and the less privileged
. The Bible made us to understand that blessed is the hand that gives. I took
this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and
my husband relatives are not Christians and I don't want my husband's hard ear
ned money to be misused by unbelievers. I don't want a situation where this mo
ney will be used in an ungodly manner. Hence the reason for taking this bold d
ecision. I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I
am going to be in the bosom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says that the lord wi
ll fight my case and I shall hold my peace.

Please, if you will be capable to handle this divine project, Contact me for f
urther details.
Hoping to hear from you
Your Sister in Christ
Mrs Sandra Morris

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