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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: janey brown <janeyb190@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 22:15:28 +0100
Subject: MRS. JANEY BROWN LI FENG.

From MRS.MRS. JANEY BROWN LI FENG.
from China.

My Dearest Beloved,

My greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, how are you and your
entire family and ministry? I hope you are doing well.I received your
contact information from a Christian website, and I wish to contact you
regarding this donation. It is true that we are just knowing each other for
the first time, but I strongly believe that God has made it possible
through His divine grace.

Please, I want you to give this message your
urgent attention and get back to me so that I can give you more information
on this. Honestly, it is by the grace of God that I received Christ, having
known the truth; I had no choice than to do what is right and just in the
sight of God and man. I thank God for His Mercies, grace and glory upon my
life.Before I give you more information, let me officially introduce myself to
you.

My name is MRS. From MRS. JANEY BROWN LI FENG.I’m from the People’s
Republic of China. I was married to the late MR. BROWN LI FENG who worked
with the Chinese Embassy in Canada for nine years before he died in the
year 2016. We were married for Sixteen years without a child. He finally
came back to China to establish an export/import company after his
retirement.

But He died after a brief illness that lasted for only a few days.It was a
painful experience for me.After the death of my late husband,I could no
longer manage the business because of my critical health condition. Before
his untimely death we were both born again Christians and we loved God.
After his death, I decided not to remarry or get a child outside my
matrimonial home which the Bible is against.

When my late husband was alive, he deposited the total sum of
US$4,600,000.00 (Four Million, Six Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)
with the CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK here in China.The reason why I’m
contacting you is because I want to donate the money to you because of my
health.Recently, my Doctor told me that I would not last for the next Eight
months due to a cancer problem. The one that disturbs me most is my stroke
sickness. Having known my present condition, I have decided to donate this
fund a church, organization like yours that will utilize this money the
way I am going to instruct herein.

I want a church or a Christian that will use this fund for
orphanages,widows, charity organizations,NGO anywhere in the World in
helping the human race and propagating the word of God and to endeavor that
the house of God is maintained and to promote the gospel. You can also use
part of it to build hospitals, schools and houses to rent out to the poor
and homeless people at a cheaper cost. I want you to use the money to
glorify the name of God.

The Bible made us 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's relatives are not Christians and I don't want my
husband's efforts to be used by unbelievers and misused. Here
In China, they practice Buddhism. This is why I’m taking this decision to
donate the money to you because I know that you are a Christian.I’m not
afraid of death hence I know where I’m going. I want you to stand as my
next of kin and co-beneficiary to receive the money.

I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says
that "the lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace.I want the
money to be transferred to your bank account as soon as possible because of
my health condition. When my late husband deposited the fund, he used my
name as the next of kin. All I have to do is to sign a Power of Attorney in
your name as my co-beneficiary and also instruct the bank to transfer the
money to you. I will send you the “Certificate of Deposit” and the
“Lodgement Receipt” that covers the fund when I hear from you.I will also
send you my pictures too.

As soon as I receive your response, I shall give you more details on how
the money will be transferred to you.I want you to always put me in your
daily prayers.My happiness is that I lived the life of a worthy Christian.
I will send you more information when I receive your
response. Let me hear from you urgently.

Remain blessed in the Lord.
MRS. JANEY BROWN LI FENG.
From People’s Republic of China

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