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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: Nicole Anderson <joannwilliams271@gmail.com>
Reply-To: revmarkportman@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2022 11:13:30 +0100
Subject: Happy New Year From Nicole Anderson.

Hello my good friend

I believe that you have not forgotten me, although it was indeed a
very long time we communicate last. Well, this is to thank you for
your past effort to assist me in moving out late Mr. Joseph J.
Keller's funds out from the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
(ICBC) at that time, I understand your thought that time, that I
wasn’t for real and you said that I am a scam but I told you that am
not a scam and you understood me and did your best to assist me but
could not conclude the transaction with me. I thank God for his grace
and favor upon my life because there was a man called Mr. Maha
Sinnathamby from Australia who finally helped me to move the money to
his account so the ICBC bank did not seize funds of late Mr.Joseph J.
Keller any more who died on the plane crash on 11th of September 2001
you can view the link to know more about him
(http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/memorial/people/2636.html).I
thank God very much for all He has done.

I am so glad to write this email to you today, God is really wonderful
and so kind to me, God makes a way where there is no way, I did not
believe that I will move out from India by now, but God has made it
possible for me. So I am happy to inform you about my success in
getting those funds transferred under my new partner from Inneston
Village, South Australia, I am currently in the Inneston Village for
my investment here in the Australia, Meanwhile, I did not forget all
your past efforts and attempts to assist me that time in transferring
those funds despite that it failed us some how due to one reason or
the other. But because i made a promise to God that i must surely
compensate you as the first person who tried all your best to help me
despite that you did not conclude the transaction but i could not
forget your good advice and encouragement which gave me at that time.
Now i want you contact our parish priest Reverend Fr.Mark Portman who
used to be a good father to me when I was in India, his e-mail address
and WhatsApp number is as follows ( revmarkportman@gmail.com ) and his
WhatsApp Number ( +918826591893 ). I told him to send an Atm Card of
(US$5,000,000.00),Five Million United State Dollars Only, which I
prepared for you and kept for your compensation for all efforts and
attempts to assist me in this matter, knowing fully well that I would
have not succeeded if not your advice and encouragement to me at that
time. Please accept this little token as it is, but I really
appreciate your efforts at that time very much. So feel free to
contact Reverend Father at:

Name: Reverend Father Mark Portman
Email: revmarkportman@gmail.com
WhatsApp: +918826591893

And instruct him where to send you the Atm Card. Note: Below is the
required information's you will send to Reverend Fr. Mark Portman:

(1) Your full names:
(2) Your house address:
(3) Your telephone number:
(4) Your identification e.g. Drivers license Or International passport

Please let me know immediately you receive your Atm Card so we can
share our joy together after all the sufferings at that time. At this
point, I’m very busy here because of my investment and some project
that we have at hand.

Finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to the Reverend
Father Mark Portman on your behalf to receive that Atm Card but you
have to reconfirm it again to avoid any mistake. So do not hesitate to
contact him and he will send the Atm Card to you without any delay.

And please do not forget to inform me as soon as you received the Atm
Card. Again you have to follow every instructions given to you by
Reverend Mark to make the Token gets to you successfully.

Take care and God bless you. Bye for now.

Yours good friend,

Sister
Nicole Anderson.

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