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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.Serah Walls" <default@loginnet.com.br>
Reply-To: jonathahoward@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 10:15:51 -0700
Subject: Calvary greetings to you\\\


I am Mrs. Serah Walls, a widow to late Robert Walls I am 56 years old, i am=
now a new Christian convert, suffering from long time cancer of the lung, =
from all indication my conditions is really deteriorating and it is quite o=
bvious that i would only live for a short period, according to my doctors t=
his is because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage. My late hus=
band was killed during the U.S. Raid against terrorism in Afghanistan, and =
during the period of our marriage we couldn't produce any child. My late hu=
sband was very wealthy and after his death, i inherited all his business an=
d wealth. The doctors has advised me that i would only live for a short per=
iod, so i now decided to divide the part of this wealth, to contribute to t=
he development of the churches all over the world and the less privileged I=
selected you after visiting the website and i prayed over it. I am willing=
to donate the sum of $12,500.000.00 usd$ (twelve million Five Hundred Thou=
sand United States dollars) to the less privileged. Please i want you to no=
te that this fund is lying in a Spanish Bank and upon my instruction, my at=
torney, who presently is in Spain will file in an application for you for t=
he transfer of the money in your name. Lastly, i honestly pray that this mo=
ney when transferred will be used for the said purpose, because i have come=
to find out that wealth acquisition without Christ is vanity. May the grac=
e of our Lord Jesus the love of god and the fellowship of God be with you a=
nd your family i await urgent reply. Yours in Christ, Mrs.Serah Walls.

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