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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: "Jovita Edward" <hansdeiter16@gmx.de>
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 08:56:34 +0100
Subject: Greetings to you

Greetings to you,

I am writing to you with deep pains and sorrows in my heart,am very sorry for having contacted you in this manners. I am Mrs.Jovita Edward a dying widow suffering from cancer and have no child but have only my God.

Before the sudden death of my husband,we concluded that we are going to establish a charity organisation for the homeless,motherless and widows in order to assist them carry on with their life.My late husband deposited the sum of ($3.500.000.00) with one of the banks here in the country using my name as his wife as his only next of kin.

But now that he is death,i want his soul to be happy where ever he is by fulfilling our last decission over charity project.

So i plead you to assist me use this fund the way it will please God in helping the needy and widows out there.If you are sure that you will use these fund as instructed kindly get back to me so that we could proceed and i would not like any of my husband's family to know of it they dont believe in God and are very happy for my condidtion so that i can die and live everything for them.

I wait your responds with immediate attention at my private mailbox (jovitaedward001@aol.com) so that we could get the fund transfered before i go in for my surgical operation.

Yours in Christ,
Mrs.Jovita Edward.

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