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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. Irene Shawcross." <MrsIrene@msn.com>
Reply-To: <mrscsha1945@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2019 00:08:11 +0000
Subject: .You Can Help In This.

Greetings My Dear Friend,
My name is Mrs. Irene Shawcross; I am a dying woman, my health condition is not good as I am talking to you right now, because of this I have decided to donate the little I have to the Charities based on the instructions given to me by my late husband Mr. Hendricks Shawcross; who passed away in a plane crash on his way to execute a contract job in Switzerland. I am 70years old and was diagnosed ofcancer about four years ago, but before the Death of My husband who was a Marine engineer and contractor, we had no single child of our own to count on; So we were touched and decided to donate from what we have inherited and owned; my late husband and I made this decision after I was diagnosed with cancer, to use the remainder of what we have for the good work rather than allow his relatives to lavishmy husband's hard ear I managed to get your contact details online in my desperate search for a trustworthy person to assist me in this project of donation, and you will also benefit financially from it. Recently, the doctors told me I might not live longer than 3 months after they diagnosed me of chronic/acute lymphoma or myelitis [leukemia]. Leukemia is ablood cancer in both the bone marrow and in blood itself, leukemia cells crowd out normal blood cells leading to serious bleeding and infection. I have been undergoing blood transfusion and it hasfinished my little savings in my hand although I belong to the high and rich, but now I eat like a person who has nothing, as a result of this sickness my purse is empty. I want you to help me in carrying out my last wish on earth which will be very profitable to us. I want to WILL/Donate to
Please for further information contact me ASAP. Please reply as quickly as you can, based on the fact that this is very urgent. You can also call me if you can, although I am in and out the hospital for treatment, but once the hospital gives me chance to use my phone I will answer your call or call you back. So send your direct phone numbers as you reply back to me.
Here is my Direct email address ( mrsshawcross@yahoo.com ) and .Phone: No+27-79-4405094
 
Regards in sincerity,
Mrs. IRENE SHAWCROSS.

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