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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: "MS ANJALI" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bj39296@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2018 03:03:44 -0800
Subject: Dear Beneficiary: !!! From Federal Reserve Bank INDIA

My Name is   Mrs. Anjali Kumar; I am a 45 old woman without Child
I spent most of my married life here with my late husband. Mr. Kumar Rama,
he died 2 months ago in northern region in India, he was killed by rebel
in
Assam village India on his way coming from village to Mumbai
 
Immediately my husband's death, I was diagnosed with Kidney (Renal Cell)
Cancer. Luckily he left everything in his name to me. I have decided to
donate what I have inherited to God for charity to orphanage and building
churches in your country, also assisting widows
 
I wish to support your cause for aiding the underprivileged and assisting
the widows in the country the amount I am donating is a total of $
10.000000) Ten million United state dollars. I feel much more peace of
mind
donating money to support your cause than to donate the money to my
relatives, they are unbeliever and ungodly manner. I would prefer to
promote
the good of mankind to God
 
I don't know if I will win my battle with cancer. I am going for an
operation tomorrow morning. At this point, it is uncertain whether I will
survive the operation.. In the event that I don't survive it, I would just
like to wish you luck with the funds that I want to deposit into your
account.
 
Unfortunately, I am unable to take calls at this point in time due to the
current turn of events in my life as my health has declined and I am
unable
to have the privilege of privacy as my relatives are always around me.
 
I would just like to confirm that my lawyer and I have adjusted my will
and
now everything I have will be left to you in the event of my death. If I
deceased, my lawyer will arrange to transfer the funds into your account.
Please find my lawyers details below:
 
Full Name John Mark
 
Email: (bj39296@gmail.com)
 
Spain Kindly contact Barrister John with your information bellow
 
Full Name
 
Home address
 
Mobile Line
 
Account Information
 
Full bank Address
 
Copy of your international passport or National ID
 
Barrister has been instructed release a total of $10 million USD upon
receiving an email from you with the reference number I have provided
below:
 
This guarantees that the funds will solely be made available to you and
nobody else.
 
I guarantee that the whole process will run smoothly as Barrister Mark has
been making his services available to me for over 20 years. However, I
would
appreciate your confidentiality in the matter until the funds have been
released into your account.
 
Good luck with your cause and I trust that the funds I have donated will
be
well used to promote the well being of others.
 
as soon as you receive this fund kindly take 20% from the total money as
your percentage , while 80% will be for charity work
 
May the Lord bless you with health, wealth, abundance and happiness?
 
Best Regards,
 
MS ANJALI
 
 
 

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