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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: "MARTHA BALLARD" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <marthamarthaballard1@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2021 21:25:44 +0100
Subject: CLAIM DONATION FROM >Richard Wahl Foundation >

Dear Sir/Madam,

This notification is from Richard Wahl Foundation Legal representative and you are to benefit from the above mentioned family charity project aimed at touching lives and helping those in need across the world in this period of global epidemic.
This donation of $4M(Four Million United States Dollar) is made out to you and mostly to generously help Richard Wahl Foundation extend hands of giving to the less privileged, orphans and charity organizations within your locality.
My client(Richard Wahl ) won the $533 million Mega Millions jackpot on March 30, 2018 and you can verify this by visiting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tne02ExNDrw
Kindly forward letter of acceptance to the email address below with these Code - CHARITY/453/LJ2021 as subject of your email.

Mrs Martha Ballard
Email address : marthamarthaballard1@gmail.com
Richard Wahl Foundation Legal representative

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