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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. Isabella Caromel" (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2022 01:16:38 -0800
Subject: Private Message to you

Good day

Private Message to you,

Greetings in the name of our heavenly father, it is my pleasure to communicate with you via this platform so consid

er it a Divine Wish of God and accept with humility. My Name is Isabella Caromel; I am a deformed woman on a wheelc

hair suffering from LIVER AND INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT CANCER, for past 5years without favorable result. Please do no

t regard this email as one of the common unsolicited email or false business invitations in the world today. I am a

 dying cancer woman my team of medical expert just told me I will die in few months time so I need to give my life 

to Christ for God to accept my soul. It’s also unfortunate I have no child of my own; I lost my husband some years 

ago now I need to leave a legacy in the family name. I am opportune to use this medium to exhibit my legal intentio

ns towards investing in building charity organizations for the less privilege with my resources since my health has

 finally confirmed deteriorated. I am fully convinced that you will really be of good help so now that I finally de

cided to channel my $10.6M USD meant for investments for the project I need you to take charge. I hope my message t

o you will be given proper attention despite the fact we have not seen or even met each other before, knowing fully

 well it takes a minute, an hour or even a day to know somebody and also establish an everlasting relationship with

 truth and honesty.

It’s from the bottom of my heart I placed this responsibility in your care to handle, it’s my humble decision to do

 the project in your country of origin/country of location to assist me establish, conduct and manage the project, 

since I will not be present in day-to-

day running of the activities, due to my inability to function. I will appreciate it if you can converge a good rel

ationship for trust to have an everlasting relationship even after I die without cheating, lying or sabotaging the 

project. I assure you the success of the transaction if you can keep it confidential for now, I will really appreci

ate you for acceptance to help actualize this last dream; you can only provide me your contact information's such a

s personal details to forward to the deposited firm where the funds are deposited to contact you for transfer to yo

u by my instructions. Once I have your information’s be sure I will provide you a letter of authorization written a

nd signed by me along with certificate of deposit which will enable you claim the funds.

Please tell me more about yourself and state in detail if you are ready to handle the project because I will like t

o position you quickly as my beneficiary before I die.

Remain blessed,

Mrs. Isabella Caromel

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