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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 Rachael Hansen <offioffice002@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2020 01:56:49 -0700
Subject: Greetings My Good Friend Read And Reply

Dear Friend,

Greetings from L.U.T.H Hospital and God bless I am Mrs Rachael Hansen
from Liverpool United Kingdom ,A widow to the Late Clark Hansen, I am
57 years old, and a new Christian convert, suffering from long time,
cancer of the ear. From all indications my condition is really
deteriorating and it's quite obvious that I won't live long according
to my doctors. This is because my cancer stage has gotten to a very
bad stage. My late husband was killed during the U.S raid, against
terrorism in Afghanistan when he traveled to Afghanistan to monitor a
Hospital/a Humanitarian Found at (HHF) he was setting up for the
benefit of the Afghan masses as of then; whose majority and 99 percent
of them were Muslims, Islamic scholars and loyalists. During the
period of our marriage we couldn’t produce any child.

But my late husband was very wealthy and after his death, I inherited
all his businesses and wealth, and when I noticed that my condition is
not improving rather it gets worsen by the day I decided to divide
part of this wealth, to contribute to Charity and the development of
the churches around and later I prayed over it. So I am willing to
donate the sum of $1.2 Million Dollars to you for charity, Evangelical
work and the less privileged, churches, orphanages and widows,
Propagating the word of God and to ensure that the house of God is
maintained. I took this decision upon myself because I don't have any
child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are not
Christians and I don't want my husband's hard earned money to be
misused by unbelievers. Because I have come to find out that wealth
acquisition without Christ is vanity upon vanity. Please I want you to
note that this fund is deposited with security company For safety
purpose. And upon my instruction, I will file in an application for
the Change of Ownership of the fund to your name once I hear from you
and you give me assurance of utilizing the fund properly. May the
Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of
the Holy Spirit be with you and your family.

I Await Your Urgent response to this email and with your contact
telephone numbers and be informed that any delay in your response will
give me room
in sourcing for a church, another person or Christian individual for
this same purpose.

Yours in Christ.
Mrs Rachael Hansen

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