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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: Evelyn Jaxon <mizan@rmkfreight.com>
Reply-To: attonycregchamber@live.co.uk
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2021 01:03:50 +0600
Subject: Donation From Elelyn Jaxon


Greetings my beloved,

I am sure this mail would be coming to you as a surprise since we have
never met before and you would also be asking why I have decided to choose
you among the numerous Internet users in the world. The Internet has made
the world a global village where you can reach anybody you have not met
before. Before I go further, permit me to give you a little of my
biography. I am Mother Evelyn Jaxon, 83 years old businesswoman
based in The United Kingdom. I'm the mother of Rodney Burrows who he and
his wife were victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight (MH370/MAS370) which
crashed in the southern Indian Ocean on March 8, 2014 on its way from
Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Beijing Capital International
Airport killing all aboard. Rodney Burrows and his wife are number 8 and 9
on the list...Please visit the site below for the list of victims:

https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1443730/full-malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-passenger-list


Rodney was my only son and after the tragic death of my husband in 1982, I
became the Head of his investment and now that I am old and weak I have
decided to spend the rest of my life with my family and loved ones whom I
never had time for during the course of my business life, but before the
death of my husband we had plans to use the last days of our lives to
donate half of what we have worked for to the less privilege and charity
homes and the other half for ourselves, family members and close friends.
Unfortunately my husband is not alive today to do this with me and I am
very weak and old now, hence I have decided to do this philanthropic work
on his behalf.

Presently, I have willed out almost half of our assets to several charity
homes and to some of the less privileged in different Countries. Despite
the agreement between my late husband and I to give aid to the deprived,
we also agreed to render support to an individual we have not met before
in life due to the fact when we were still young in life we receive an
anonymous help from an individual we did not know and still haven't been
able to know him till date. The impact we got from such gesture made
We agree to do the same. So I'm sorry to inform you that you will never
have the chance to know me because I have just concluded the assignment
which my husband and I have agreed upon before his tragic death and you
happened to be the beneficiary of our last WILL, irrespective of your
previous financial status, hence I need you to do me a favor by accepting
our offer that will cost you nothing. I have presently deposited a check
in the sum of £4,800,000.00 with a Courier Service outlet in the United
Kingdom to deliver to you.

I will be waiting for your response.to enable me give you the contact
of the Courier Service

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Evelyn Jaxon

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