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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. Diane Jones." <nancyjim404@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsammicheal05@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2021 00:46:20 -0800
Subject: To Whom It May Concern

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My Detail Explanations.
To Whom It May Concern

We do not know each other before, but I got your information through a
philanthropist. Beside I will like to explain myself to you. Actually,
I am from London, married Africa man from Nigeria after I was twenty years
old and we live together in London and since I married my dearest husband I
did not gave birth since I married which Is most important thing in
marriage and been my dearly husband was a God fearing man also love me so
much, he did not complain for one day and for that reasons I made a
promised to him that I will be with him all the day of my life, It's not
easy to see a lovely man who can tolerate such from a woman he married
without giving a child and reasons of marriage is to build family while I
did not, it means fail him before his death.

Beside, my husband is from a big Family here in Nigeria and after his death
I decided to leave London and come back to his country to honor him as I
promised, when I came to Nigeria I fell sick which I did not take it as big
thing and after some months am going down day by day then I went back to
London to see my doctor, through there my doctor recognized the point of my
sickness and also said I have few months to live, my dear in lord, I cried
for one month and ask God is it how you
wish to me, if how you want me to end up My life in pain let his wish be
done, then I later came back to my husband home in Nigeria to complete my
promises and my husband senior one was in Russian for years without coming
home I stay with the junior one, that is reason I handle over the money to
a foreign in that way you was surprised because he is one I trusted to
handle my husband wealth as I wish, but he refused to pick my call or
communicate with me since I lost my husband.

So please my dear In lord, I wish you should bear with me in my wish
because I cannot do what is not right to whom it may be in the earth
because I must answer God at end if I do. The reason I take this decision
is that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this by myself
anymore.
I once asked members of my husband Family here in Nigeria to distribute one
of my accounts to some charitable organization which they refused and kept
the money to themselves, so, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not
to be satisfied with what I left for them I will wait to hear from you,

Thanks,
Your sister in the Lord
Mrs. Diane Jones.

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