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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. Evelynn Nambrose" <evelynn.nambrose2@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2020 23:07:54 +0100
Subject: DONATION.

Hello,

Greetings to you in the name of God.

I am Mrs. Evelynn Nambrose from Queensland Australia, based in Cotonou
Republic Du Benin, West Africa, suffering from cancerous ailment.

I was married to Dr. Dickson Nambrose, an English shipping tycoon notable
for his great charitable activities before his death on April 2nd, 2012.

When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of Three Million, Eight
Hundred and Seventy Thousand United State dollars only (US$ 3,870.000.00
USD) which were derived from his vast estates and investment in capital
market with his bank in Republic Du Benin and named me as the beneficiary
of this trust fund.

Presently, this money is still with the Bank in Republic Du Benin.

My Doctor told me recently that I have limited days to live due to the
cancerous problems that I have been suffering from, though what bothers me
most is the stroke that I have in addition to the cancer.

With this hard reality that has befallen me, I have decided to donate this
fund to you and I want you to use this gift which comes from my Late
husbands effort to establish a Charity home for the upkeep of Widows,
Widowers, Orphans, Destitute, the down-trodden, Physically challenged
children, Barren-women and persons who prove to be genuinely handicapped
financially.

I took this decision because I do not have any child that will inherit this
money and my husband's relatives are bourgeois and very wealthy persons and
I do not want my husband's hard earned money to be misused or invested into
ill perceived ventures, which is the reason I took this bold decision.

I do not need any telephone communication in this regard due to my
deteriorating health and because of the presence of my husband's relatives
around me.

Note: that after the Bank wired the fund into your nominated bank account,
you are going to map out 30% percent out of the total fund for your
personal use and use the remaining 70% percent for charitable work by
helping the poor and the less-privilege.

You can contact me for more details if you are interested to handle this
donation fund.

Please assure me that you will act just as I have stated herein.

Hope to hear from you soon.

Always pray for my health.

May God bless you!!!
Evelynn Nambrose

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