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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. JOAN GATES" <sheema403@gmail.com>
Reply-To: joangates12@yandex.com
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2021 10:39:01 +0100
Subject: DEAR BELOVED

--
DEAR BELOVED

PLEASE ACCEPT MY UNRESERVED APOLOGY IF THIS SHORT HUMANITARIAN
PROPOSITION OFFENDS YOUR SENSITIVITY.I INTEND NO INSULT OR HARM.MY
NAMES IS MRS. JOAN GATES UNITED KINGDOM,69 YEARS OLD.

I HAVE A PROPOSITION WHICH I AM CONVINCED WITHIN ME THAT YOU CAN
HANDLE IT.DEPOSITED THE SUM OF $5.5M.(FIVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND U.S. DOLLARS) WANT A PERSON WHO IS TRUSTWORTHY THAT I WILL
MAKE THE BENEFICIARY OF MY LATE HUSBAND'S FUND DEPOSITED WITH THE BANK
SO THAT THE PERSON CAN GET THE MONEY AND UTILIZE 70% OF THIS MONEY TO
FUND CHURCHES,ORPHANAGES AND WIDOWS AROUND THE WORLD AND KEEP THE
REMAINING 30% FOR HIS/HER EFFORT.

I AM CHRISTIAN AND WOULD LOVE TO REACH OUT TO THOSE IN NEED BUT I NEED
YOUR HELP SINCE I AM NOT TOTALLY STRONG TO SUSTAIN THE STRESS AND
HANDLE THE PROCESS OF THIS PROJECT HENCE I AM HONESTLY SOLICITING FOR
YOUR HELP BELIEVING THAT BY THE MERCY OF GOD, YOU WILL NOT DECLINE MY
PROPOSAL.

I WILL GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS AS SOON AS I READ FROM YOU WITH THE
FOLLOWING PARTICULARS. DO REPLY ME THROUGH THIS E-MAIL:
joangates12@yandex.com

YOUR FULL NAME
YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS
PHONE NUMBER
YOUR AGE
YOUR OCCUPATION

RESPECTFULLY YOURS,
MRS. JOAN GATES
Email: joangates12@yandex.com

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