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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: Jennifer Walter <walterjennifer780@gmail.com>
Reply-To: j.walter97@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 20:13:52 -0700
Subject: MORNING DEAREST

Morning Dear

I am Mrs. Jennifer Walter, from Denmark, Married to a British Citizen,
I came across your email and decided to mail you,I am a cancer patient
suffering from cancer of the breast.

I came to you because my health is going out of shape, and its my duty
to use my Late husband life savings of USD$5Million to invest to less
privileges the poor and the motherless babies homes, This is my last
dieing wish. I know this message may come to you in bulk folder or you
may think is one of the scam messages you do recive. I swear to you
this message is 100% real and risk free.

Your trust and understanding matters a lot to me, as i seek for a
righteous, virtuous, good, honourable, honest, upright, upstanding,
decent, worthy, noble-minded, uncorrupted, anti-corruption, moral,
ethical, reputable, magnanimous, unselfish, generous,
self-sacrificing, brave to join hands together and use my life saving
to help the less privileges.

Thanks and God Bless you
Ms. Jennifer Walter

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