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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: Nikola Mitev <Nikola.Mitev@TACK.co.uk>
Reply-To: "gentrybrenda2@gmail.com" <gentrybrenda2@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2019 16:06:04 +0000
Subject: REMAIN BLESSED


Dear Beloved,

I am sending you this mail in good faith. My name is Brenda Gentry One of the winner of biggest ever jackpot in
the USA lottery draw and the £5m USD is already in my bank account. I am currently undergoing medical treatment for Cancer.
I have voluntarily decided to donate the sum of £1,500,000.00 USD to you, this being part of my Charitable Organizational Donation Project
to financially support Three(3) lucky people from different parts of the world. Your email was luckily selected via a Google & Facebook
sponsored email-draws and I decided to put this on the internet for the world to see in other to relinquish any doubts.

Please follow the News Link below for more information;
http://www.nbc29.com/story/36810835/albemarle-county-woman-wins-5-million-in-virginia-lottery

I have an account with a financial institution in Europe where I deposited my assets worth (£5,000,000.00) for a fixed period, I have just been informed by my doctor that I only have few months to live due to the cancer illness. Having known my condition that will not allow me to claim the funds personally; I have decided to nominate you as my beneficiary since the financial institution have now written me that the length of time agreed upon to hold my funds is now expired. My desire and purpose are for you to promote humanitarian works. I.e. assisting the less privileged. Please contact me for details information on this noble project of mine.
Regards,
Brenda Gentry.

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