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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear beloved," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Angela Edward" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsangelaedward@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2021 05:56:21 -0700
Subject: Dear Beloved,

Dear Beloved,

Greetings in the name of Lord Jesus Christ, I am Mrs. Angela Edward, a widow and a new

Christian convert suffering from long time cancer of the breast with only six months

according my Doctors, I am presently in a Hospital in London taken my treatment. 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

in order to help the less privileged.

I selected you to be in charge of this my Dream Project after learning your love for

humanity in the internet, and I am willing to donate the sum of $10 million to you to

start my Dream Project for the less privileged since I cannot handle the Project due to my

poor health condition.

This donation of $10 million is in presently in a USA Bank, so upon your reply I will

instruct the Mr. Albert D. Fields of American National Bank to open a Bank Account on your

behalf.

So please confirm these items as below if you are interested in this my Dream Project:

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

God bless you and your family.
Mrs. Angela Edward

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