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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: "Mrs. Linda Nikko Arthur" <jibrinumar102@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsarthurlinda114@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2022 17:29:30 +0100
Subject: Hello My Beloved Friend,

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Dearly Beloved In Christ,
I bring peace and love to you from God and our Lord Jesus Christ.

I want Introduce my self to you My Dearest Friend In the Lord, I am
Mrs. Linda Niiko. Arthur, from Canada but my husband is Japanese
origin, We were married for twenty-seven years without a child. I'm 60
years old and suffering from a long time Cancer illness. My Husband
died after a brief illness that lasted for only ten days in august 16
2016. well my husband is a contractor and before his death he secure
and complete a contract work with the UK government's value $17.500,
000.00 million dollars, but death took him away before the money was
deposited into his bank account. before his death my Husband advised
me to donate the money to God Fearing Person to invest the fund in
God's work, Helping The Poor and Needy Around the world because i m
sick i can not do it myself.

As a real believer of God after all my prayers, for over a month now
that I have been praying about you to know if really you are going to
use the fund working according to the direction of God, so after all
my prayers I am convinced, and I have decided to contact you, Please
if you would be able to use the funds for the Lord's work and help the
poor ones as I want it with trust reply to me with this email address
(mrsarthurlinda114@gmail.com)

I will be waiting for your reply immediately you receive this massage
To explain to you better......

Best Regard's,
Mrs. Linda Nikko. Arthur.

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