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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: uchenna <robertanderson6016@gmail.com>
Reply-To: uchennailobitenone@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2021 11:20:01 -0800
Subject:

May the Almighty Lord be with you....
Am A WIDOW TO LATE MR David HOLLAND, I AM 59 .YEARS OLD. My name is
Josephine HOLLAND. I am married to Late Mr. David HOLLAND, who worked
in the France Embassy a here in Lome -Togo West Africa for nine years
before he died in the
year 2019.

You are chosen to Receive A Donation Cash Grant of my late husband
that funds $5.7,000, 000,00 (Five Million Seven Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) to help the poor and orphanages through your
sincere help before my death. I am suffering from long time cancer of
the Breast, from all indication my conditions is really deteriorating
and it is quite obvious that I wouldn't live any more longer according
to my doctor because the cancer has gotten to a very bad stage that no
hope for me to be a living person again, All i need from you is your
sincerity to use this funds to do this project as i desired and I need
your information as where My Bank will be sending the funds,

such as:
Receiver's name:_ Address:_ Phone
number:_ Country:_

Please do not be offended by the way or manner I came to you as a
stranger to do this, it is about the only way I could get to you after
going through your contacts Id. I shall give you the contacts of the
bank. For legitimacy with a letter of authority that will establish
you as my appointed beneficiary of this money.

I am waiting for your reply.
From Sister Josephine HOLLAND.

You should contact me through my private email address:

mrsjosephineoneholland@gmail.com

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