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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: =?UTF-8?Q?Mrs_Jacquelyn=C2=A0_SBalka=2E?= <connordaniel174@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jacquelynsbalka@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2021 09:09:25 +0100
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU

HELLO MY DEAR BELOVED ONE IN THE LORD.

My name is Mrs Jacquelyn SBalka. am 76 years old of age, i stay in
Florida USA. I am a good merchant, I have several industrial companies
and good share in various banks in the world. I spent all my life on
investment and corporate business, all the way i lost my husband and
two children in fatal accident that occur in November 5th 2008.

I am a very greedy woman with all cost i don't know much and care
about people, since when I have an experience of my difficulty to
sleep and give rest. later in the year 2011 February i was sent a
letter of medical check up, as my personal doctor testify that i have
a lung cancer, which can easily take off my life soon.I found it
uneasy to survive myself, because a lot of my investment cannot be run
and manage by me again.

I quickly call up a pastor/prophet to give me positive thinking on
this solution, as my adviser. He minister to me to share my property
,wealth, to motherless baby/orphanagehomes/churches/people that need
money for survivor both student that need money/ business woman and
man for their investment for future rising.

So therefore i am writing this letter to people who are really need
help from me both student in college, to contact me urgently,so that i
can make available preparation on that, especially women of the day,
who are divorced by their husband, who cannot survive the means of
feeding their self please contact me and stop weeping.

probably let me know what you really need the money for,and if you can
still help me to distribute money to nearest orphanages homes near
your town, because now am so much with GOD, am now born again.

May the lord bless you, as you reach me, please to remind you, don't
belong to a scam or any act of fraudulent on internet.

If you are willing and able to do this task for the sake of humanity
then send me below information for more details to receive the funds.I
will give more information to you as i await your response
immediately.

Pls pray for my ill health.Stay bless.Expecting to here from you soonest.

Best Regards.
Mrs Jacquelyn SBalka.

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