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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.Abigail Johnson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <abigail88johnson@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 05:44:26 -0700
Subject: Fund Donation For You!!

Hi

My name is Abigail P Johnson, a philanthropist and the C.E.O/President : Fidelity Investments Inc, commonly referred to as Fidelity. Fidelity Investments Inc is a multinational financial services , It is the fourth largest asset manager with over $2.4 trillion

I believe strongly in giving while living and I have one idea that never changed in my mind, that one should use his/her wealth to help people and I have decided to secretly give USD$ 3,000,000.00 Million Dollars to randomly selected individuals worldwide.

On receipt of this message, you should count yourself as one of the lucky individuals, You have been chosen as one of the random beneficiaries. Kindly get back to me at your earliest convenience, so that I will personally intimate on you on how to receive the fund

Visit my web page to know more about
me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail_Johnson

Regards,
Mrs.Abigail Johnson
abigail88johnson@gmail.com

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