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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: "Mrs. Magreth Moore" <tony@intracomme.com>
Reply-To: mmoorehomes54@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 02:53:31 +0200
Subject: Re.... GOD BLESS YOU AS YOU WORK FOR HIM



--
Dear beloved in Christ,


Greetings to you and your family in the name of The Almighty God. My
name is Mrs.Magreth Moore ; I am a Philippines citizen married to an
Irish Man, a devoted Christian, I came across your contact through the
internet while searching for a reliable person/Organization that I can
trust on a humanitarian project that requires absolute trust. After
Praying and fasting, my mind became 100% sure that you will carry out
this last wish of mine in a God fearing manner. I pray that my
decision to contact you will be given a genuine approval, considering
the facts that we have not seen or been in contact before. Note that I
am contacting you without any doubt on your ability to carry out this
project faithfully. I pray and believe in my mind that God will give you
the ability to accomplish this gracious project faithfully for the glory
of God and welfare of his people. Exodus 14 VS 14 says that the lord
will fight my case and I shall hold my peace.


I'm a 55 years old, currently in a hospital in United Kingdom. My
Husband was a timber Merchant who died in a Ghastly Motor Accident and
during our years of marriage,I had Fibroid which made it impossible for
us to have a baby of our own, Due to my love for him and the fear of
God, I decided never to re-marry after his death (My Promise to him) ,
Since I accepted Christ as my Lord and savior it has been my most desire
to carry out this humanitarian mission by setting up a foundation for
charitable work, but my problem is that I am sick and feeble; I cannot
run this gracious work by myself because I was diagnosed with a long
time deadly cancer that has spread all over and has refused all forms of
medications, my doctor, made it known to me that my condition is
critical and that I may not live for a long time from now. But as a
Christian, I believe that I shall not die but will live to see the
goodness of God and achieve my last wish.

I have decided to use my life savings for the work of God, I have prayed
concerning this donation asking God to provide a reliable and genuine
person who will faithfully manage this fund for the proposed assignment
for the children of God and not for any other thing that will not
glorify the name of God. my dear, kindly respond to my email if you know
in your heart that you are willing to accomplish this mission faithfully
with this fund whether for orphanage home, Missionary school, Cancer
Victims, Church for evangelism or whatever you may have in your mind
that will be to the glory of God within your country and overseas.

My Dearest in the lord, I will advise you to pray concerning this divine
mission, asking God to strengthen you both in will and in spirit for the
execution of this humanitarian project and then get back to me on my
private email (mmoorehomes54@hotmail.com) for further details.

Remain Blessed

Mrs.Magreth Moore

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