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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: Melda Jeff <davidhutchins404@gmail.com>
Reply-To: meldajeff970@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 05:31:31 +0100
Subject: Is very urgent

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Dear friend,

My name is Melda Jeff, from Jakarta -Indonesia but my late husband is from
Cambridge and we both lived in Leicester city, United Kingdom before my
husband died.
However, I have been struggling with cancer for a long time and my doctor
said that the present stage is uncontrollable and I have just a few months
more to live.

Meanwhile, My late husband was a very successful man, he worked on some
Projects with five French speaking Countries (France, Luxembourg,
Madagascar, Rwanda and Seychelles) Before his death. The total worth of
this project was (Five million, Five Hundred Thousand dollars Only,) but so
sad death took him away few years ago.

My beloved late husband was a philanthropist before his death and he also
encouraged me to continue in his vision to help the poor and the less
privileged because since we got married, we have not been able to have any
children.

Due to the critical condition of my health now, I have sent (Two million
dollars to the Orphanage homes in my home town in Indonesia and my
husband's town in the UK. I have also deposited the sum of Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($500,000) to the hospital here for my medications and
other stuffs.
I am looking for a good and trustworthy person that can help me carry out
this project, someone who can take this project very seriously. I wanted to
do it by myself but my present condition cannot allow me because I cannot
stand on my own without a support by the doctors or nurses that is the main
reason why I'm contacting you, I would like to send the remaining Three
Million Dollars ($3,000000) to you so that you will help me to share it to
the orphans and less privileged in your country. Please do not discriminate
on religion, race, ethnicity when handling this project.

May God bless you, I'm looking forward to reading from you for more details.

Yours sincerely,
Melda Jeff.

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