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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 Josefine John Carlsen <josefine.johncarlsen@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2022 12:47:06 +0100
Subject: Hello My Beloved,

With due respect to your person and much sincerity of purpose I wish to
write to you today, seeking for your urgent assistance in this humanitarian
investment project to be established in your country for the mutual benefit
of the orphans and the less privileged ones. My names are Mrs.Josefine John
Carlsen, a dying widow hospitalized undergoing treatment for brain tumor
disease, I hope that you will not expose or betray this belief and
confidence that I am about to delegate to you for the mutual benefit of the
orphans and the less privileged ones.

My late husband made a substantial deposit with the Bank which I have
Strong-Willed to hand over and entrust the sum of ($12,000.000,Dollars) in
the account under your guardianship for you to invest it into any social
charitable project in your country. Based on my present health status I am
permanently indisposed to handle finances or any financial related project.

With this intention, I am determined to contact you in order to sustain and
assist me as my rightful beneficiary and claim the money for humanitarian
purposes for the mutual benefits of the less privileged ones. Because If
the fund remains unclaimed with the bank I pass away, those gluttonous bank
executives will place the fund as an unclaimed Fund and share it among
themselves for their selfish and worthless ventures. In this regard, I will
be grateful for your kind acceptance to carry out this transaction and
fulfill my final wish in implementing the charitable project in your
country as it requires absolute trust and devotion without any failure.
Meanwhile It will be my pleasure to compensate you as my Investment
Manager/Partner with 40% percent of the total amount as commission/share
just for you to take this charitable project serious and handle it with
sincerity of mind, showing honesty and attention in our communication and
in every aspect of this project, While 60% of the money will be invested
into the charity project.

Thank you very much and hope to get your urgent response.

Best Regards
Mrs Josefine John Carlsen.

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