419 scam: P.A DONATION FOR YOU

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: P.A
Reply-To: <johnalex2467@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 02:48:39 -0700
Subject: DONATION FOR YOU

Good day,

How are you doing today??

My name is John Alex I am a businessman and I'm currently suffering from Cancer and Cancer have affected me, and I have been to India and other countries and the doctors said that I can not longer make it, so I have finally given up in life, and also i lose my wife and my two (2) kids through plane crash.

I'm not interested in your funds, I have account with a bank in Germany where I have the sum of â‚¬ 8.200.000 deposited. so I want you to help me in claiming the funds, I decided to contact you via email so all the funds can be transfer to you as my next of kin.
That's why I want you to know that if this money get to you, give 60 percent of the money to the less privileges and church's in your country and 40 percent of the money for your self.

The reason for that is because I'm an orphan i never knew my parents and I grew up in the motherless children home.

Please can you help me do this? for the sake of my dead wife and my two kids and also to save the life of the less privileges in your country.
Sincerely,
John Alex.

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