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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: tonyedward450@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2020 10:44:03 +0000
Subject: Greetings to you

Untitled form

To fill it out, visit:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdD0CAsQ6Gir97MpjMm_MV8sIxaqY6NHZf38HYNzbsLaKLd6w/viewform?vc
Dear Beloved,

Greetings to you, I am Mrs. Dorothea Ahner,a CITIZEN of Germany, 78
years Old. a widow suffering from a long time cancer of the breast
with only few months to live according my Doctors, I inherited my late
husband's wealth after his death because during the period of our
marriage we couldn't produce any child, so I have decided to divide
this wealth to churches and good men and women in order to use the
fund and help the less privileged.

I selected you to be in charge of this Dream Project after learning
about your love for humanity, and I am willing to donate the sum of
$10.5 million to you to start my Dream Project for the less privileged
since I cannot handle the Project my self because of my poor health
condition.

So upon your reply I will instruct the BANK IN BANGKOK THAILAND
where this fund is to open online account on your behalf.
Please confirm these below items if you are interested in this Dream
Project with my $10.5 million donation:

1, Your full name
2, Your contact address
3, Your telephone

I wait for your kind reply through this email:officeinfo748@aol.com

Thank you for your help

Mrs. Dorothea Ahner

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