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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. Kieara Anil" <clfan8956@gmail.com>
Reply-To: cuaef633s16@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2021 22:07:49 +0000
Subject: YOUR ATTENTION


YOUR ATTENTION


Donation From Mrs. Kieara Anil

I am contacting you based on my donation for the less privileges, but I
believe there is no surprise before God, hence everything works out in good
for those that worship and believe in God.

I am Mrs. Kieara Anil, citizen of KUWAIT and my late Mr. Anil Alban, was a
former Ambassador of KUWAIT in Côte d'Ivoire. My husband died 7 years ago
after being poison by his fellow Muslim brothers due to the fact that I and
my late husband converted to Christian in 2014 and was converted to
Christian after accepting God as our lord and savior.
Our marriage lasted for many years without a child and before the death of
my husband, I have been seriously suffering from a chronic illness (CANCER)
and due to my illness, I have decided to give you the sum ($2.5m) Two
million five hundred thousand US
dollars to do charitable works as recommended by my late husband during his
last period.

But my late Husband warned me not to expose the existence of this fund to
his brothers because of their evil mind and bad intention and he told me to
keep this fund secret and not to expose it to any of them.
That I should look for a reliable person outside this country that is going
to use this money to carry out the Gospel. Please reply to me if you accept
this noble task, because I am very sick and I cannot be online every time
to chat with you.

May the peace of God be with you

Mrs. Kieara Anil

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