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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 Rubby Johnson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsrubbyjohnson001@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2015 11:50:26 -0400
Subject: Greetings in the name of the LORD Almighty

Greetings in the name of the LORD Almighty
Dear Friend
 
Greetings in the name of God,Please let this not sound strange to you for
my only surviving lawyer who would have done this died early this
year.
 
i prayed and got your email id from your country guestbook. I am Mrs
Rubby Johnson from London,I am 58 years old,i am suffering from a
long time cancer of the lungs which also affected my brain,from all
indication my conditions is really deteriorating and it is quite
obvious that, according to my doctors they have advised me that i may
not live for the next two months,this is because the cancer stage has
gotten to a very bad stage.
 
I was brought up from a motherless babies home was married to my late
husband for twenty years without a child,my husband died in a fatal
motor accident Before his death we were true believers.Since his death
I decided not to re-marry,I sold all my inherited belongings and
deposited all the sum of 10million dollars with a First Inland Bank.
 
Presently, this money is still with them and the management just wrote
me as the true owner to come forward to receive the money for keeping
it so long or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to
receive it on my behalf since I can not come over because of my
illness or they get it confisticated.
 
Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital here in Switzerland where
I have been undergoing treatment for cancer of the lungs. my doctors
have told me that I have only a few months to live.It is my last wish
to see that this money is invested to any organisation of your choice
and distributed each year among the charity organization,the poor and
the motherless babies home.
 
I want you as God fearing person, to also use this money to fund
church,mosque, orphanages and widows,I took this decision, before i
rest in peace because my time will so on be up.
 
As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the
First Inland Bank.I will also issue you a letter of authority that
will prove you as the new beneficiary of my fund.
 
Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein.
Hoping to hear from you soon. NAME:
__________SURNAME:__________________SEX: _____ AGE: ______MARITAL:
_______________COUNTRY: _______CITY: _________ STATE _______
ZIP
CODE: _______CONTACT ADDRESS: ________________________PHONE
NO#___________FAX NO#_________________OCCUPATION:
______________POSITION: _____________
waiting for you information
 
reply:me through this my private email
address:mrsrubbyjohnson02@yahoo.fr
Mrs Rubby Johnson
 

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