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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 Rose Williams <isfaiththekey@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rwo1443@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:22:03 -0800
Subject: Hello,

Dearest in Christ,

Greetings in the name of our lord Jesus Christ. I am Mrs. Rose
Williams, an aging widow (69 years old) suffering from a long term
illness, I am currently admitted in a private hospital here in Abidjan
Cote D' Ivoire. I have some funds I inherited from my late loving
husband, the sum of US$ 4.700.000 which he deposited with a bank in
Abidjan. I am looking for a honest and God fearing person that can use
these funds for God's work also creating a charitable organization for
the less privileged, helping the elderly, the poor, also the war and
HIV/AIDS victims, and 15% out of the total funds will be for your
compensation for doing this work. I found your email address from the
internet and I decided to contact you after my prayers hoping that you
will not betray the trust.

If you could be able to do this work, please email me back for more
detail on how it could be done.

I wait for your positive reply.

Your Sister in Christ,

Mrs. Rose Williams.

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