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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.Linda" <lindarail001@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2021 01:48:03 -0800
Subject: Hello My Dear.


Hello My Dear.


Please do not feel disturbed for contacting you, based on the critical
condition I find mine self, though, it's not financial problem, but my
health, you might have know that cancer is not what to talk home about, I
am married to

Mr. Abaulkarim Rail who worked with Tunisia embassy in ouagadougou, burkina
faso West Africa. for nine years before he died in the year 2012.We were
married for eleven years without a child. He died after a brief illness
that lasted for five days. Since his death I decided not to remarry, When
my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of US$ 10.5m (Ten million
Five hundred thousand dollars) in

a bank in Burkina faso, Presently this money is still in bank. And My
Doctor told me that I don't have much time to live because of the cancer
problem, Having known my condition I decided to hand you over this fund to
take care of the less-privileged people, you will utilize this money the
way I am going to instruct herein. I want you to take 30 Percent of the
total money for your

personal use While 70% of the money will go to charity" people and helping
the
orphanage and the poor.i will really do appreciate if l can put my trust
on you to help me claim my fund for the mission of the Lord in donating it
to the

Motherless Baby Home (ORPHANAGE). I want you to know that am right but i
really want this mission to be well accomplished by the God sent Angel who
will be doing this on my behalf which is you, So there are some
information’s you need to forward to the bank, because when the fund was
deposited by my late husband

the bank gave him this secret information should in case he want to
withdraw it for security purpose for them to identify his consignment which
is the fund. I don't want my husband's efforts to be used by the
Government. I grew up as an Orphan and I don't have anybody as my family
member, I am expecting your urgent

respond. Here is my private email address lindarail001@gmail.com ,
Regards
Mrs.Linda Rail

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