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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. Caroline Wood" <test@mincult.karelia.ru>
Reply-To: <mrscarolinewood7@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2020 09:23:09 -0700
Subject: Dear Beloved,I NEED YOUR URGENT REPLY!!!

Dear beloved ,

Greetings to you,How are you and your entire family? Thank you very much for responding to my mail, I am Mrs. Caroline Wood from New Zealand, I am a 53 years old woman suffering from a long time sarcoma cancer of the bone.

From all indication my condition is really deteriorating as I can not be able to walk, as a matter of fact, one of my leg is affected and has been removed and my doctors have courageously advised me that I may not live beyond the next Six months, this is because of the cancer stage has reached a critical stage. I was brought up in a motherless
baby's home and was married to my late Husband for twenty years without a child.

My Husband and I are true Christians, but quite unfortunately, he died in a Motor accident, so I could not hear the cry of a child in my house. I sold all my belongings and deposited all the sum of $3.8 million dollars with a bank in Swiss

I want your good humanitarian, to also use this money to fund churches, orphanages and widows, and 30% for you , I must let you know that this was a very hard decision, but I had to take a bold step towards this issue because I have no further option.

In your reply, I would like you to send to me your contact information such as your full name, your address, your telephone and fax number. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I have stated
herein.

Hope to hear from you soonest via my email mrscarolinewood7@gmail.com

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Caroline Wood

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