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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: "Keren Kaye" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <harvey41960@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2023 23:04:00 +0800
Subject: 119: A CRY FOR HELP

Greeting to You in the Name Of God.
 
 
I am Mrs. Keren Kaye , A widow to the Late Mr. Ken Kaye, I am 65 yrs old, I am a new Christian convert working as a missionary in Malaysia before I Was urgently transfer to my home country here in United Kingdom, am suffering From long time cancer of the breast, from all indication my condition is really Deteriorating and it's quite obvious that I won't live more than two Months, According to my doctors. This is because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage.My late husband was killed during the U.S raid against terrorism in Afghanistan,and during the period of our marriage we had a 23 yrs old son whoDied in an auto crash three years ago. My late husband was very wealthy and after his death I inherited all his business and wealth.The doctor has advised me that I may not live for more than two months, so I now decided to divide the part of this wealth, to contribute to the development of the church in Africa, America, Asia and also in Europe.I prayed over it,
 
God Has directed me to you and I want you to use this funds to work for God, Please I want you to note that this fund is lying in a Bank in West Africa And upon my instruction,my Bank will proceed with there transfer Procedures once they get some vitals information from you as my next Beneficiary.
 
Lastly, I honestly pray that this money when transferred will be used for the said purpose, because I have come to find out that wealth acquisition without Christ is vanity. May the Grace of our Lord Jesus the love of God and the Fellowship of God be with you and your family. I await your urgent reply. Please kindly get back to me if you are willing to help for further details.
 
Yours in Christ,
 
Evangelist Keren Kaye.

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