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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 Nawab Khan Walter" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mscllap909@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 17:07:11 -0700
Subject: Greetings From Mrs Nawab Khan Walter

Hello, My name is Mrs Nawab Khan Walter, 62 years old dying widow with no child. From United Kingdom, married to my late husband Lucas Walter American citizen.
I have proposal for you to set up charity foundation and to help me and my late husband distribute €2,500,000.00 Million Euros (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Euros) to Poor People, Abused Children, Less Privileged, Churches, Orphanages and Suffering Widows in the society.

Out of this €2,500,000.00 Million Euros (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Euros), i will offer you 30% which is €750,000.00 Thousand Euros (Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand Euros) for your personal use and assistance in the implementation of this project.

Why the remaining 70% will be used for the Charity work in helping the poor people, less privileged, orphanages and suffering widows around you.

I urgently wait your reply here for more details

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