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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: "Aleksander Norbert" <aleksandernorbert@brusseler.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2021 13:54:46 +0200
Subject: Re: Reply Immediately

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Hello My Dear Friend,

Greetings to you and the family, I hope all is well and you all are in
good health. I am so sorry to reach you without your permission but my
current state of health warranted me to do so. Please read and respond to
me as soon as possible, thanks in advance and God bless you as you do.

By his Grace my name is Aleksander Norbert, I have been diagnosed with
cancer. It has defiled all forms of medical treatment, and right now I
have only about a few days to live, according to medical experts. I have
not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared foranyone
(not even myself) but my business.

Though I am very rich, I was never generous, I was always hostile to
people and only focused on my business as that was the only thing I cared
for, but now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life
than just wanting to have or make all the money in the world. I believe
when God gives me a second chance to come to this world I would live my
life a different way from how I have lived it. I would want to have a
Personal and Trustworthy Relationship with you, as I intend and am willing
to empower you with the change of ownership for the transfer of my
Deposits to your personal possession for further Investment and Charity
Disbursement to the Less Privilege and Homeless and the sick who are
unable to pay their hopistal bills and most especially feed the poor.

Please do not refuse my offer because it is the only way to pay back for
my negligence and less attention to what I was suppose to do when in good
health, now I know better but its too little too late for me as I have a
short life to live. It will shock you to know my family members including
my wife who have been in support of me all these years are waiting for me
to die and inherit my estates and invesment.

Just recently, I learnt the woman who I call my wife is sleeping and will
be getting married to my personal friend and attorney who I fired some
days back because of this un-holy act. This is the main reason I need
your help so I can reachout to the less privilege, open trust fund
account and do charity deeds through your help and at least have a clear
conscience before I die, I cannot trust my family members or personal
friends anymore, because they are waiting for me to die and reap where
they never sowed. I am a dying sheep now leaving amongst hungry wolves,
please I need your urgent assistance to realise this dream.

Thank you for your due consideration, as I await your swift reply and
approval to my proposal.

God be with you.

Yours Sincerely.
Aleksander Norbert
aleksandernorbert@brusseler.com









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