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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: Susan Wong <achiamand1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: swong5846@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2021 08:09:28 +0100
Subject: Mrs. Susan Wong

Dear beloved one,

My greetings, I hope you are doing well. I received your contact
information from a website. It is true that we have not met for the
first time, but I strongly believe that God has made it possible
through his divine grace.

Let me officially introduce myself to you. My name is MRS. SUSAN
WONG. I am from the People Republic of China . I was married to the
late MR. ZHOU WONG who worked with Chinese Embassy in Canada for nine
years before he died in the year 2011. We were married for Sixteen
years without a child. He finally came back to China to establish an
export company after his retirement. He died after a brief illness
that lasted for only four days, after his death, I could no longer
manage the exporting company because of my critical health condition.
Before his death we were both born again Christians and we loved God,
after his death, I decided not to remarry or get a child outside my
matrimonial home which the Bible is against. When my late husband was
alive, he deposited the total sum of US$5,600,000.00 (Five Million,
Six Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) with the CHINA
CONSTRUCTION BANK here in China.

I want to donate the money to you because of my health condition.
Recently, my Doctor told me that I would not last for the next Eight
months due to cancer problem. The one that disturbs me most is my
stroke sickness. Having known my condition, I decided to donate this
fund to organization like yours or a Christian that will utilize this
money the way I am going to instruct herein. I want a organization or
a Christian that will use this fund for orphanages, widows, charity
organizations, NGO anywhere in the World in helping human race and
propagating the word of God and to endeavour that the house of God is
maintained and to promote the gospel. You can als o use part of it to
build hospital, schools and houses to rent out to the poor and
homeless people at a cheaper cost. I want you to stand as my next of
kin and co-beneficiary to receive the money.

When my late husband deposited the fund, he used my name as the next
of kin. All I have to do is to sign a Power of Attorney in your name
as my co-beneficiary and also instruct the bank to transfer the money
to you. I will send you the certificate of Deposit and the statement
of Account that covers the fund when I hear from you.

As soon as I receive your reponse, I shall give you more details on
how the money will be transferred to you. I want you to always put me
in your daily prayer. My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy
Christian. I will send you more information when I receive your
response.

Let me hear from you urgently.

Thanks,
Your Sister,
Mrs. Susan Wong

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