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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: Cassylia Edward <cassylia22edward@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:12:18 +0100
Subject: Hello My Beloved

*Hello My BelovedMy name is Mrs Cassylia Edward, a 65 years old German
citizen woman with a multi-racial heritage of Black/German , suffering from
a long time cancer of the breast, I am a missionary and I have decided to
Willingly Donate the sum of $5.5 million(Five Million, Five hundred
thousand United States Dollars) to charity and individual through you for
the good work of the lord, and to help the motherless, less privileged and
also for the assistance of the widows. My coming in contact with you is
solely by the divine will and no doubt about it. Please like I told you
earlier I'm a missionary woman from Germany but residing in Ivory Coast for
the missionary works. My husband was an Engineer with a construction
company in Ivory Coast, In fact it is too sad to let you know that I lost
my dear husband and two kids in a tragic motor accident, and since then I
have been battling with this deadly breast cancer disease which most
specialist doctors have confirmed that I may not survive no matter what.
All I want to do now is to present you as my family next of kin to receive
the $5.5 million which I and my husband deposited in a bank. I want you to
receive this money and use it to help the less privileged, widows and
orphans. Kindly send me your full name and your address also your contact
number, so that I will prepare all relevant documents with the assistance
of our family lawyer to effect the release of the fund to you.Remain
blessed.*


*Yours Sincerely,Mrs. Cassylia Edward*

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