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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. Leen Kader" <infomoneygram174@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsleenkader@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2021 19:31:22 +0100
Subject: DEAR FRIEND

Dear Friend,

My quest to locate a responsible friend and partner to bring my dreams to a
reality, hence l took this bold step to contact you through this medium and I
would not like you to take an offense that l am bothering you since you do not
know me neither have we met before.

My name is Mrs. Leen Kader, I am a woman aged 50 years old from the USA; I am
married to Ambassador Alan Hodonou Kader from Benin Republic who worked with
the Benin Republic Embassy in USA for almost Ten years before we relocated to
Porto - Novo, Benin Republic after retirement in 2010. My husband died in a car
accident in 2015, but before his sudden death, we Deposited the Sum of $4.5
Million US Dollars with one of the Bank, which I don't want the funds to remain
unclaimed in the bank. I am suffering from pancreatic cancer, My condition is
really bad and it is quite obvious that I won’t live more than two months
according to my doctors, As a widow with no children, I have made a decision to
donate the funds for you to divide and give out in shares to widows and the
less privileged ones in the rural and urban areas and to carry out charity
works in your Country and around the World on my Behalf. I offerred to give you
$450,000.00 10% percent compensation of the $4.5Million total amount. Can i
confide in you? Please Reply me via email: mrsleenkader@gmail.com

Waiting for your Urgent Response,
Remain blessed.
Mrs. Leen Kader

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