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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: Changying Lee <share@jeffurgroup.com>
Reply-To: <victoria.lee10002@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 00:34:57 -0700
Subject: God Bless

I know you might be surprised when this email gets to you . I barely know you but i wish to entrust some responsibilities

to you. My name is Mrs. Changying v. Lee; I am 59 years old and I was diagnosed with Esophageal Cancer for about two years,

immediately after the death of my husband, who has left me everything he worked for. We owned an import/export company

which operated in the UK,EU and in china. I have been touched by God to donate from what i have and what I have also

inherited from my late husband to you for the good work of Humanity, rather than allow my relatives to use our hard earned

money ungodly, since we had no kids to inherit them.

I have asked God to forgive me and I believe He has, because He is a merciful God. I will be going in for another

operation in less than a week and I'll want you to stand as the beneficiary to the account of my late husband in the

United Kingdom. Sometimes i wonder why God is still keeping me alive ....in this paians. well, maybe i'm still alive for a

purpose.I still wonder how death feels, i think its rest. Please pray for me.

You would be entitled to 15% of all the funds which are deposited in bank/finance house here in the United Kingdom . The

remaining 85% will be used to set up a foundation in my husband's name, which will be used to help the less

privileged.Your job is to I used to wonder why someone would will his assets to his pet, its begining to dawn on me that

all i have may not still be used rightly, the reason why i want to trust you.

Please contact my lawyers in charge of the funds and they will arrange the transfer of the funds from my late husband's

account to your preferred account as the beneficiary.

Pls. Contact my lawyer in London, Barrister Anthony BurnsHowell with the specified address:

Law Partnership,
90b London Fields, London SE5 0EG
Email: anthony.burnshowell@blackstone-lawchambers.com
Tell: +442033899664


There are above 12 million Great British Pounds deposited in banks/finance houses in the UK . Please use your share of the funds well

and always extend the good work to others.

Please tell him that I have asked you to reach him. I will make out time to reach out to you again, you can drop your

phone number with the lawyer so that anytime he comes around we can talk.



God blesses you.
Thanks,
Mrs. Victoria Lee.
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