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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: "Ms.Veronica Anderson" <av225228@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Ms.Veronica Anderson" <jentala1@ig.com.br>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 15:18:43 +0900 (JST)
Subject: hi


Greetings to you,  With due respect
and humanity , and forced me to write to you under the ground of
humanity. My name is Ms. Veronica Anderson a white woman but married to
an African Man, I am 59 years old deaf woman, A widow suffering from
cancer for about 3 years now. I was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and I
am married to the director, Mr. Maxwell Anderson JC industry, Cote
d'Ivoire. We were married for 36 years without a child . He died after a heart by pass operation . Recently my doctor told me that I will not
continue for the next six months because of the problems of cancer (
lever and stroke ) . Before the death of my husband in the last year
there is this amount of 6.2 million dollars he deposited in a bank here
in , Cote d'Ivoire. Presently this money is still in the bank. Having
known my condition I decided to donate to this fund to any individual
that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct here . I
want someone who will use this fund according to the desire of my late
husband to help people less fortunate , and orphanages , and poor
families with many children . I took this decision because I do not have any child that will inherit this fund , and I do not want in away where this money will be used in a manner ungodly . That is why I am taking
this decision to hand you over this Fund . I am not afraid of death
hence I know where I'm going . I want you to remember me always in my
prayers everyday because even upcoming cancer surgery . Writing again as soon as possible any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing
another person for this same purpose Your sincerely , Ms Veronica
Anderson.

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