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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 Doro Michael" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsdoromichael@163.com>
Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 06:31:36 -0700
Subject: Hello

Greetings,
 
Please read this slowly and carefully. My name is Mrs. Doro Michael from Sweden and I am a 59 years old woman. I was married to the late Mr. Johan Michael, who is my husband; He died on November 29, 2017 in Kuwait. My late husband and I were married for years without a child and after his death I decided not to remarry or to have a child outside of my parents' house. As I talk to you, I was metabolized with congestive heart failure, which the doctors confirmed and told me that I would not go on living ... After my husband passed away last year, I found out he had a huge sum Money deposited with security firm $ 9.5 million.
 
I believe that the money in the security company would be a waste when I die, so I have come to a conclusion to donate the money to the less privileged and the motherless babies’ home.
 
After reviewing your profile through the internet, I have decided to contact you for the friendship and help in distributing my heritage.
 
If you are willingness to help me fulfill this wish. Please send me your name, address, occupation, age, gender, marital status and phone numbers so that I can forward them to the security company. I will give you my contact information of my lawyer. I may not be able to perform, I am weakly less privileged to write or speak.
 
I am waiting for your urgent answer.
 
God bless
 
Sincerely
 
Mrs. Doro Michael

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