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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: inform@at.com
Reply-To: caroline_philip1@outlook.com
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 13:54:54 +0530
Subject: Hello, My Dear Beloved one in God


Hello, My Dear Beloved one in God. May the peace of the Almighty God be wi=
th you and your Family? My Donation to you. With Due Respect and Humility, =
I was compelled to write you under humanitarian ground. My name is Mrs Caro=
line Philip, Philippines Origin but married with Late Sir Ratnavale from LO=
NDON. I have took a personal decision to donate what I inherited from my la=
te husband to the Charity, less privilege, building of schools and hospital=
s and also for the assistance of the poor widows and orphans. I am 64 years=
old and I was diagnosed for cancer since the past 3 years, immediately aft=
er the death of my husband. We were both married for many years without a c=
hild; I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit=
this money. My late husband was the chairman/CEO of k: E global industries=
and a philanthropist based in LONDON. I have been touched by God to donate=
what I have inherited from my late husband through you for this charity wo=
rk, rather than allowing it to become a Bank or Government abandoned proper=
ty inheritance while many people and organizations are out there suffering =
and seeking for a financial assistant. My present condition has really thou=
ght me that all the wealth in this world is vanity, I have made up my mind =
to donate this money to the people in need so that God will have mercy on m=
e and also accept my soul in HIS Kingdom in case I do not survive this surg=
ery as this is my 5th surgery. I will be going for another surgery in few h=
ours and according to my Doctor's comment my survival in this surgery is no=
t guaranteed, I want to be sure that this fund has been donated to you befo=
re going for this surgery. I have decided to donate a Cheque of (=A32,5000.=
00 GBP)(Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand GBP) to you for this assignment,=
Charity, less privilege, building of schools, hospitals and also for the a=
ssistance of the poor widows, Motherless babies, Charity organization, CHRI=
STIAN OR MUSLIM, and orphans. I don't know you in person but God knows you,=
so contacting you for this assignment is a direction from the holy spirit =
of God to donate this fund outside this country through you as my late husb=
and has already donated alot in this country, so you have to make sure that=
you use this donation fund as I have directed so that the name of the Almi=
ghty God will be glorify forever. Your urgent response is required in this =
matter due to my present critical condition of my health, it was a Sister N=
urse working in this hospital that helped me to type this message, because =
I am loosing strenght every munities of the day. All I need from you is pra=
yers that GOD will accept my soul in case I didn't survive this surgery. Al=
so pray for the soul of my late Husband to rest in peace. Please always be =
prayerful all through your life, we are visitors on this earth and we must =
be very careful in whatever we do so that our soul will not be a waste. I w=
ish you all the best and may God bless you abundantly. I AM WAITING FOR YOU=
R URGENT REPLY WITH YOUR FULL CONTACT INFORMATION DETAILS EMAIL: caroline_p=
hilip1@outlook.com Remain blessed in God. Yours Mrs Caroline Philip < /div>=
< /div> =20

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