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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: "Mrs. Felicia okeh" <info@usa.org>
Reply-To: <felokeh01@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2018 16:23:55 -0700
Subject: HELLO GOOD MORNING

Greetings in the Name of Our Lord JESUS CHRIST, I am former Alhaja
Fatima Okeh,now Mrs. Felica Okeh a widow to late Alhaji Sheik Okeh, I
am 51 years old and now a new Christian convert, suffering from long
time cancer of the breast. From all indications my condition is really
deteriorating and its quite obvious that I may not live long according
to my doctors, this is because the cancer stage has gotten to a very
bad stage.

My late husband late Alhaji Sheik Okeh, was killed during the USA raid
against terrorism in Afghanistan. My late husband was very wealthy,
who made his money from the Afghanistan??s Government, and hence I
inherited all his business and wealth after his death because during
the period of our marriage we couldn??t produce any child. And now the
doctor has advised me that I may not live for more that two months, so
I now decide to divide this wealth in order to contribute to the
development of the churches in Africa, America, Asia and Europe and
for humanity in general.

I selected you and I prayed over it, so I am willing to donate the sum
of $10 million US Dollar to you on behalf of your organization to lend
a hand in reaching out to the less privileged and the development of
the gospel of our lord Jesus Christ, since I am very sick to handle
this my dream on my own.

I want you to know that this fund is in presently in Security Company
in London, where my late husband deposited it. So and upon your reply
I will instruct my attorney Barrister Michael Gill Holonis, who
presently is in USA distributing relief materials to victims in USA,
to file in an application of Withdrawal of the consignment to your
favor. Presently I am writing this letter from a Hospital in Asia
where I have been taken my treatment, which is why I handed over every
thing concerning this Donation to my Attorney, since he has been my
family Lawyer for 18 years now. Meanwhile to process the documents
that will be used to withdrawn this consignment from the Security
Company I will need some vita information about you or on behalf of
your organization, so that I will forward it to my Attorney
immediately, so please confirm this items as below:


On receipt of this confirmed items I will forward it to my Attorney so
that some necessary changes will be made on the documents to enable
you have claim to the Consignment/Donation.

Lastly, I honestly pray that this Donation when transferred to you,
will be used for the said purpose and properly too, because I have
come to find out that wealth acquisition without Christ is vanity.
Please note that until this Donation is delivered to you, I will
strongly insist that this transaction most be keep a top secret.

GOD blesses you and your family.
Mrs. Felica Okeh.


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