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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. ANNA H.BURNN" <ookey305@gmail.com>
Reply-To: annahburnn2094@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2021 07:03:47 +0000
Subject: My Dear friend,

My Dear friend,
My Name is Mrs. ANNA H.BURNN, from Norway. I know that this
messagewill be a surprise to you. Firstly, I am married to Mr. Patrick
BURNN,A gold merchant who owns a small gold Mine in Syria; He died
ofCardiovascular Disease in mid-March 2011. During his life time
hedeposited the sum of € 8.5 Million Euro) Eight million, Five
hundredthousand Euros in a bank in Ouagadougou the capital city of
BurkinaFaso in West Africa. The deposited money was from the sale of
theshares, death benefits payment and entitlements of my deceased
husbandby his company.

I am sending this message to you praying that it will reach you ingood
health, since I am not in good health condition in which I sleepevery
night without knowing if I may be alive to see the next day. Iam
suffering from long time cancer and presently i am partiallysuffering
from a stroke illness which has become almost impossible forme to move
around. I am married to my late husband for over 4 yearsbefore he died
and is unfortunately that we don't have a child, mydoctor confided in
me that i have less chance to live. Having known myhealth condition, I
decided to contact you to claim the fund since Idon't have any
relation I grew up from the orphanage home,

I have decided to donate what I have to you for the support of
helpingMotherless babies/Less privileged/Widows' because I am dying
anddiagnosed of cancer for about 2 years ago. I have been touched by
GodAlmighty to donate from what I have inherited from my late husband
toyou for good work of God Almighty. I have asked Almighty God
toforgive me and believe he has, because He is a Merciful God I will
begoing in for an operation surgery soon

This is the reason i need your services to stand as my next of kin
oran executor to claim the funds for charity purposes. If this
moneyremains unclaimed after my death, the bank executives or
thegovernment will take the money as unclaimed fund and maybe use it
forselfish and worthless ventures, I need a very honest person who
canclaim this money and use it for Charity works, for orphanages,
widowsand also build schools for less privilege that will be named
after mylate husband and my name; I need your urgent answer to know if
youwill be able to execute this project, and I will give you
moreinformation on how the fund will be transferred to your bank
account.
Thanks,
Mrs. ANNA H.BURNN

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