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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 evelyn adams <mrs.evelynadams0001@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2017 06:29:00 -0800
Subject: My dearest beloved in the lord

My dearest beloved in the lord
You are chosen to receive Donation Cash Grant of my late husband funds
$5.7,000,000,00 (Five Million Seven Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) to help the poor and orphanages through your sincere help before
my death. I am suffering from long time cancer of the Breast, from all
indication my conditions is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious
that I wouldn't live any more longer according to my doctor because the
cancer has gotten to a very bad stage that no hope for me to be a living
person again, All i need from you is your sincerity to use this funds to do
this project as i desired and I need your information as where My Bank will
be sending the funds, such as:
Receiver's name:_ Address:_ Phone
number:_ Country:_
Please do not be offended by the way or manner I came to you as stranger to
do this, it is about the only way I could get to you after going through
your contacts Id. I shall give you the contacts of the bank. For legitimacy
with a letter of authority that will establish you as my appointed
beneficiary of this money.

I am waiting for your reply.
From Sister Evelyn Adams

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