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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: Alicia Collins <aliciacollins634@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2021 13:36:23 -0800
Subject: Hello

Dear my Friend.

With due respect to your person and much sincerity of purpose I wish to
write to you today, seeking for your urgent assistance in this humanitarian
social investment project to be establish in your country for the mutual
benefit of the orphans and the less privileged ones, haven't known each
other or met before, I know that everything is controlled by God as there
is nothing impossible to him. I believe that you and I can cooperate
together in the service of the Lord, please open your heart to assist me in
carrying out this benevolent project in your country/position. I am Mrs.
Alicia Collins, a dying widow hospitalized undergoing treatment for brain
tumor disease, I believe that you will not expose or betray this trust and
confidence that I am about to entrust to you for the mutual benefit of the
orphans and the less privileged ones. My late husband made a substantial
deposit with the Bank which I have decided to hand over and entrust the sum
of ($ 12,500,000.00 Dollars) in the account under your custody for you to
invest it into any social charitable project in your location or your
country. Based on my present health status I am permanently indisposed to
handle finances or any financial related project.

This is the reason why I decided to contact you for your support and help
to stand as my rightful beneficiary and claim the money for humanitarian
purposes for the mutual benefits of the less privileged ones. Because If
the money remains unclaimed with the bank after my death, those greedy bank
executives will place the money as an unclaimed Fund and share it for their
selfish and worthless ventures. However I need your sincerity and ability
to carry out this transaction and fulfill my final wish in implementing the
charitable investment project in your country as it requires absolute trust
and devotion without any failure. Meanwhile It will be my pleasure to
compensate you with part of the total money as my Investment
manager/partner for your effort in handling the transaction, while the
remaining amount shall be invested into any charity project of your choice
there in your country.

Your early response will be appreciated to enable me to send you further
details and the bank contact details where the fund has been deposited for
you to contact the Bank for immediate release and transfer of the fund into
your bank account as my rightful beneficiary.
Thank you very much for your kind consideration and I wish you well and God
enlighten you in this social humanitarian project.

Best regards and God bless you.
Sincerely Mrs. Alicia Collins.

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