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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: Mrs Jane Gomez <mrsjanegomez@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Mrs Jane Gomez <mrsjanegomes@outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 00:14:16 +0900 (JST)
Subject: A message from Jane,


A message from Jane,

Let me first of all inform you, I got your email address from a site Directory and decided to mail you for a permission to go ahead. I am Mrs Jane Gomez married to Dr. Henry Gomez from Amsterdam who worked with a construction company in Asia for twenty Years before he died in the tsunami disasters, we were married but we have only one child his name is Daniel Gomez. Since his death I decided not to remarry and presently I am 62 Years old. When my late husband was Alive he deposited the sum of $19.2M. ( (Nineteen million, two hundred thousand united state dollars)) with an European Finance company.

Presently this money is still with the company and the management just wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward to receive the money or rather Issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf if I cannot come over. I am  presently undergoing treatment for Cancer of the lungs, I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only few months to live. I want a person that is trustworthy that will use this money to take care of my only son, that will also utilize this money to fund orphanages, widows and the less privileged around the world but in our name Mr. & Mrs. Gomes foundation.

As soon as I receive your reply with the requested information, I will direct you on how to secure the authorization letter as the new beneficiary with your information to allow the company to accord all respect to you as the new beneficiary. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated by taking care of my only son and please Keep this contact confidential till such a time this funds get to your Custody. This is to ensure that nothing jeopardizes my last wish on Earth.

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I await your urgent reply.

With Love
Mrs Jane Gomez

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