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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. Anna Morgan" <zm852099@gmail.com>
Reply-To: anamorgan1818@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2021 22:30:21 +0100
Subject: Good day Dear,

Good day Dear,

I'm Mrs. Anna Morgan a member of Roman Catholic Church, a true born
again Christian and a Widow. I lost my beloved husband in eight yrs
ago. There after life seems to be unfair to me, suffering from Cancer

I'm writing this message to you from CATHOLIC BIBLIQUE HOSPITAL
(CBTH)Benin republic for over eleven(11) months now, as a result
of cancer of uterus which I don't know if I can survive it, because my
doctor recommended me for a surgery which is coming up soon, and He
made it clear to me that is the only solution to my illness.

And i have thought about the deposit my late husband made with North
United States, for the purpose of Charity and i decided to establish a
communication with you, to help me and distribute this donation to the
Orphans, Motherless Babies, Less privilege children and Widows like
me.

That is why i came to you to make sure that this Charity work must be
accomplished to fulfill my Late Husband's wish.

I will patiently wait for your responds, through my private email address

(anamorgan1818@gmail.com)

Mrs. Anna Morgan

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