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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. Floxy Joseph" <mrs.floxyjoseph49@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2021 12:02:00 +0100
Subject: Good Day

Good Day,

My name is Mrs. Floxy Joseph Rust , I am 72 yrs old .I am a,
nationality HOLLAND. I'm married to Deutsch (a GERMANY) Mr.Joseph
Rust who worked with the national Oil company in Mexico, and Qatar
before he died in alpine crash in 2015 with other passengers aboard.
Immediately after the death of my husband i took ill now my husband
has left me with everything he worked for and now the doctors told me
I will not live longer than some months because of my health, I
decided to WILL / donate the sum of (twenty one million, Nine hundred
thousand dollars) to you for the good work of humanity, and also to
help the motherless and less privilege in some some part of War zones
in the World and also for the assistance of the widows.

I wish you all the best and may the good Lord bless you abundantly,
and please use the funds well and always extend the good work to
others. I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality in this matter
until the task is accomplished as I do not want anything that will
jeopardize my last wish Pls :.kindly get back to me so that we can
discuss more. Contact me through this email


Thank You and God Bless You richly!

Mrs. Floxy Joseph Rus

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