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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 Donna Brown <danielsdavid118@gmail.com>
Reply-To: missdonnabrownlov14@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2021 21:51:41 +0100
Subject: Dear friend, smile you are favored.

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Dear friend, smile you are favored.

How are you doing today? I hope the good mercy of god is upon you and
your lovely family? I know this message might look strange or surprise
to you, but please do not disregard this message, because I come in
peace, with the help of god our father who directed me to you in my
dreams. I am Mrs. Donna Brown, I got your contact information on my
personal search on a reliable trustworthy person to have my fund, and
you were reviewed to me by the spirit of god in my dreams. Base on
that, i have willed the only fund left in my account to you, as I was
directed in my dreams, please, all I want from you is to use my funds
for an orphanage charity organization project, and to help lesser
privileges in your home country city.

Secondly, if you want to know more details on why I have willed the
only funds left in my account to you, please do reply me and I shall
explain more in details to you. Please note, if you received this
message in your spam/ junk/bulk folder, that is because of the
restrictions implemented by your internet service provider.

Thanks, I wait for your immediately response.

Mrs. Donna Brown

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