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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: Josan Nowak <josannowak225@gmail.com>
Reply-To: josannowaak225@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2022 03:12:04 +0100
Subject: Querido en cristo

Queridísimo en Cristo,

Soy la Sra. Josan Nowak, me casé con el Sr. Mogab Nowak, hace treinta
y siete años sin tener hijos y mi esposo falleció en 2019. Me comunico
con ustedes para que conozcan mi deseo de donar la suma de ($
4,800,000,00 dólares) que heredé. de mi difunto esposo a la caridad,
actualmente el fondo todavía está en el banco. Recientemente, mi
médico me dijo que tengo una enfermedad grave que es un problema de
cáncer y que no duraré los próximos 2 meses.

Quiero una persona que use este fondo para orfanatos,
escuelas,iglesias, viudas, propagando la palabra de Dios en su país.

Contéstame para más información,

Siendo bendecido
Tu hermana en cristo
Sra. Josan Nowak

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