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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: Lucia Thompson <luciathompson46@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2022 17:06:00 -0800
Subject: hii

My name is Lucia Thompson, I'm from Indonesia. But my husband is from
India. We live in the UK where he has a gold company,I lost my husband on
August 16, 2014. However, I had been battling cancer for a long time and my
doctors said it was out of control and mild. Another month to live, before
the death of my husband, He was contracted to the British government for
$3.7 million, but death took him before the money was sent to my bank
account. My husband was a philanthropist before his death. He also
encouraged me to help the poor. because since we got married We cannot have
children. Because of my illness and have deposited $700,000 in the hospital
for my medication, I'd like to send the remaining three million dollars to
help me give to the poor and widows of your country on the advice of my
late husband. We do not have children to receive this amount. And I grew up
in an orphanage. So I don't have any relatives. Please do not discriminate
against religion, race, ethnicity when dealing with this project. If you
can handle this project in godly fear.kindly reply , So that I can
introduce you to my bank director. And you will know the best way to
transfer the money to your country. Try to answer me immediately for more
information. God bless you and your family.

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