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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: Madam Nancy <bellamallika631@gmail.com>
Reply-To: nancywalter74@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2022 10:30:41 -0700
Subject: COVID-19 FINANCIAL HELP TO YOU

Greetings my dear, my name is Madam Nancy from Switzerland, I am an
old Christian widow who is dying of esophageal cancer and congested
heart failure, I have the sum of (€3.500.000.00 / Two Million Five
Hundred thousand Euros) I inherited from my late husband which he
deposited in a Finance Company before he died, I want to donate this
money to someone for charity, for the person to use it to help the
less privileged people in his or her Country affected by this
COVID-19, also to fund churches or mosques, orphanages and to ensure
that the house of God is maintained. I don't know if you are a
Christian or Muslim, I found your email from the internet directory, I
contacted you to donate this money to you because I do not have a
child of my own or any relation whose attitude have left me a good
remark so if you are interested to help me carryout this task please
reply me immediately for more information.

May God bless you and your family.

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Hilsen min kjære, jeg heter Madam Nancy fra Sveits, jeg er en gammel
kristen enke som er døende av spiserørskreft og tett hjertesvikt, jeg
har summen av (€3.500.000.00 / To millioner fem hundre tusen euro) jeg
har arvet fra min avdøde mann som han deponerte i et finansselskap før
han døde, jeg ønsker å donere disse pengene til noen for veldedighet,
for at personen skal bruke dem til å hjelpe de mindre privilegerte
menneskene i hans eller hennes land som er berørt av denne COVID-19,
også å finansiere kirker eller moskeer, barnehjem og sørge for at Guds
hus opprettholdes. Jeg vet ikke om du er kristen eller muslim, jeg
fant e-posten din fra internettkatalogen, jeg kontaktet deg for å
donere disse pengene til deg fordi jeg ikke har et eget barn eller
noen slektninger hvis holdning har etterlatt meg en god kommentar, så
hvis du er interessert i å hjelpe meg med å utføre denne oppgaven,
vennligst svar meg umiddelbart for mer informasjon.

MÃ¥ Gud velsigne deg og din familie.

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