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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.AILEEN BILLANES" <anne.j.yapo01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: billanesaleen93@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2021 13:54:20 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION

My Dear,

My name is Engineer Mrs. Aileen Billanes, I am a citizen of
Philippines, a business woman specialized in mining of raw Gold in
Africa; but now I'm critically sick with esophageal cancer which has
damaged almost all the cells in my body system. My late husband died
in an accident with our two daughters few years ago leaving me with
our only son whom is just 9 years old, and he is my most concern now
as he is still a child and does not know anything about live and has
nobody to take care of him if I died; because I and my late husband
does not have any relatives, we both grew up in the orphanage home and
got married under orphanage as orphans. So, if I die now my innocent
child would be left alone in this wicked world and I do not wish to
send him to any orphanage home; I want him to grow up in the hands of
an individual, not orphanage.

The amount deposited is €3,700,000.00 (Three Million, Seven Hundred
Thousand Euro) from the sales of gold and this money is deposited in a
Bank which we want to transfer to your account. Please note that as
soon as the fund is transferred to your account, you shall take 35% of
the total amount transferred to your account as my representative and
the trustee of my son, and use 65% for the up keeping of my little
son. Please reply immediately with your full details if you agree to
help me, I hope that you can be trusted, that you will not sit on this
money when you claim it I will give you the contact of the Bank for
you to contact them for immediate transfer of the money into your own
bank account before anything happens to me, because I will undergo
surgery by next week, and I do not know what will be the result of the
surgery as the doctor has told me already that I may not survive.

Please i wait to hear from you now; it's a matter of urgency.

Yours Sincerely Sister
Mrs. Aileen Billanes

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