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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: Lorna Doberstein <naionraardfallen@eircom.net>
Reply-To: Lorna Doberstein <lornamarlenedober@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 00:51:58 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: JOB

Bless you

I have not considered this medium to be the best manner to have approached you of this issue being that the Internet has been greatly abused
over the recent years, I have decided to use this means seeing no other means could have been faster to reach you than the e-mail. My name is
Mrs. Lorna Doberstein, wife of late Salem Doberstein, an Iraqi.

Three years ago I lost my husband and my three children - Husam, 15 years old ,Wasim, 12 years old and Merna, 6 years old, this
happened when American tank shelled our car as my family attempted to flee heavy fighting in Baghdad.

Before my husband and children were killed, he deposited the sum of £8,500,000.00 (Eight Million, Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds)
with a bank here in the UK, This is the only money remaining in the said account right now but that is not the major problem rather My Doctor told
me in confidence that I would not last for the next three months due to cancer and other illness resulting from the shock of the loss of my family.
Having known my condition I decided to donate these funds to a church or better still a God fearing individual that will utilize this money the way I
am going to instruct herein, I want you to use 70% of the fund for orphanages and Charity (Humanitarian) services while theremaining 30% will be
for your personal used. I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and my husband's relatives are not Christians
and I don't want my husbands hard earned money to be misused by unbelievers; I dont want a situation where this money will be used in an
ungodly manner.

It would have been better placed, if the situation in my country permits me to give this money to my new Church, but due to the constant break down
of law and order in my country that keep affecting Churches there from time to time, if I do so I am not sure that any project this money will be
invested will not be destroyed.

I have to leave my country for Canada where I am taking treatment. and as soon as I conclude with handing over this money to some one my heart
accepts, I will go back to my Country to Answer my last Call.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of my lawyer who will help you with all the legal documents that will back you up and
also make you the original- beneficiary of the fund. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein. Please you are advice to keep
this confidential from eyes and ears of my husband's family as I hope to hear from you soon.

Pray for me as well and may the Almighty God bless you as you accept taking the fund for the purpose I Suggested it to be used.

Your Madam,

Mrs. Lorna Doberstein

Email address: (lornamarlenedober@gmail.com)

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