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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: "Sharonda Britton" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dw067756@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2021 19:34:54 -0700
Subject: HOW I RECOVERED MY STOLEN MONEY

Hello Friend,

I'm Mrs. Sharonda Britton I am a US citizen, 41 years, I reside here in Bentonville, Arkansas My residential Address is as follows, 303 NE 2nd St Ste 2 Bentonville, AR 72712 Arkansas, USA, I am thinking of relocating since I am now a wealthy woman I am one of those scam victim that took part in the Compensation Award in Europe Italy many years ago and they refuse to pay me, I have paid over $79,600 to fraudster while in the United States just to get my payment all to no avail. So I decided to travel to Italy with all my compensation document and I was directed to contact Lawyer Donald Williams who is a member of Compensation Award Committee Program, I contacted him and he explained every details to me He said whoever is contacting me right now is fake that I should contact only the Lawyer.

He took me to the paying bank for the claim of my Compensation Payment right now I'm the happiest woman on earth because I have received my compensation Money of $5,500,000.00 (Five Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) Moreover Lawyer Donald Williams showed me the full informations and list of those that are yet to receive their payment and I saw your Name and E-mail address as one of the beneficiary, this is the reason why I decided to Email you to stop dealing with those fraudster, they are not with your money they are only extorting money from you with tricks I will advise you to contact Lawyer Donald Williams now for assistance. You have to contact him directly through his private E-mail address which is below.

Contact Lawyer: Donald Williams
Email address: dw067756@gmail.com

You really have to stop dealing with scammers that are contacting you and telling you that your Money is with them, it is all a lie and trick they are only taking advantage of you and they will keep on stealing from you until you have nothing to show.

The only money I paid after I met Lawyer Donald Williams was just $380 USD which is for the paperwork only, please take note of that, once again stop contacting those people online or through E-mail, I will advise you to contact Lawyer Donald Williams so that he will help you to transfer your Awarded money into your bank account, instead of dealing with those fraudster all they do is to ask for more and more money to complete your transaction which is all lies and trick use by Fraudsters.

Yours faithfully
Mrs. Sharonda Britton.
Address: 303 NE 2nd St Ste 2 Bentonville, AR 72712 Arkansas, USA.

Note: if you found this email in your junk/spam, its because of your internet isp server.

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