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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. Theresa Simpson" <test@szclib.org.cn>
Reply-To: mrsthesimpson@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 10:35:03 +0100
Subject: Dear Beloved Kindly Reply,


- This mail is in HTML. Some elements may be ommited in plain text. -

May The Lord Bless You
I am Mrs.Theresa Simpson, age 85 years old,I am the wife of late Mr. Harris Simpson, I got your contact information from my husband diary, we are from United State Of America, my husband worked with the Oil and Gas Company Chevron in Africa before he died after a brief illness that lasted only four days, we were married for Forty-nine years without a child.
When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of US $10.5Million in a domiciliary online account, with Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, Presently this money is still with the Bank, the bank management just send me an email to come over for the online access to the account or rather issue! somebody to receive it on my behalf.
Presently I'm in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment for cancer of the breast and Pneumonia. I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors told me I have few weeks to live. It is my last wish to see the money distributed to charity organizations and the less privilege once. I need your help receiving this money and carry out my wishes, Please I need your information requested below so i can forward it to the bank management to let them know I have gotten you to receive my fund.
First Name:
Last Name:
Address:
Phone Number:
Bless you as i hope to read from you soon
Yours in Christ
Mrs. Theresa Simpson

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