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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: camelamanuel <scottwalker635@gmail.com>
Reply-To: camelamanuel59@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2021 23:27:37 -0800
Subject: RE


Hello dear,

I apologize if the contents in this mail are contrary to your moral ethics,
which I feel may be of great disturbance to your personal life, but please
treat with absolute secrecy and personal and I pray that this email reaches
you in the best of health.

I pray to God that this message reaches you in a wonderful spirit as I am
making this contact with you based on trust and confidence irrespective of
the fact that we have not met before and because of the nature of the
situation I found myself in. I believe my contacting you is not an ordinary
coincidence because God can use anybody known or unknown to accomplish
great things which he has ordained.

I am Mrs. Camela Manuel. I live in Los Angeles, California. I have been
hospitalized after I had a car accident with my husband. I lost my husband
in the accident. After the accident, I have been battling with some health
problems from the major injuries that I sustained in the course of the
accident.

Recently, my doctor told me that I have some few months to live due the
surgery that was conducted. Though what disturbs me is my present
predicament, due to the injuries that I sustained and damaged of my spinal
cord in the accident. Having known my condition, I have decided to
Will/Donate the sum of $1,200,000 (One Million Two Hundred Thousand US
Dollars) to charity and individual through you for the good work of the
lord, and to help the motherless, less privileged and also for the
assistance of the widows in your country. Because I have no child and
nobody else that will inherit this money. I don't want a situation whereby
this deposit will be confiscated and declared unserviceable by the
officials of the bank where it was deposited by my late husband who was a
gold and cocoa merchant in Togo before his death.

All I want you to do is to assist in safe-keep of this fund valued at
$1,200,000 (One Million Two Hundred Thousand US Dollars) deposited at the
custody of the bank before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable. I
seek your consent to present you as the Trustee to my late husband's
inheritance, so that the proceeds of this fund can be released to you. If
you are interested in carrying out this task, I want you to contact me
immediately, so that I can arrange all the modalities to effect the release
of the fund to you through my late husband’s lawyer. I know I have never
met you but my mind tells me to do this, and I hope you will act sincerely.
I have also decided that 30% of this money should be taken by you from the
total sum upon the successful release of this fund and the rest will be for
charity, because I am now too weak and fragile to do things myself because
of my present health problems and the rest will be used for charity as I
mentioned earlier.

I have been given 21 working days by the bank to claim the deposit before
it will be confiscated since no one is coming forth to claim it. I will
appreciate your utmost confidentiality in this matter until the task is
accomplished, as I don't want anything that will jeopardize my last wish on
earth.

If you are interested in carrying out my wish, please get back to me as
soon as you receive this message.

Yours faithfully,

Mrs Camela Manuel

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