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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: Rosemary Bonds Rizza <mrsrosemary339@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rizzarosemary@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 02:16:08 -0700
Subject: Compliments of the Day !!!

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God bless you and your family,

Calvary greetings in the name of Almighty God, I am Mrs Rosemary Bonds
Rizza, A widow to Late Dr Antonio Rizza (former Counselor of the
Italian Embassy in Madrid , Spain ). we own Treasure Art Inc and
Treasure Crude Oil Marketers, I am 69 years old and am suffering from
cancer of the Pelvic my condition is serious, according to my doctor
it is quite obvious that I may not survive the sickness.

I have prayed to God to direct me to an honest PERSON who will receive
a huge fund left behind by my late husband and utilize it for things
that will glorify the name of God, after my prayers, I found your
contact and I decided to contact you. If you are interested in using
this fund for the work of God, please send to me your full name,
address, telephone/fax number, occupation and age to my private email
address only ( rizzarosemary@gmail.com )

Click on the link posted by Wikipedia concerning the Flight 111 which
my late husband inside the aircraft on that faithful day the crash
took place https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swissair_Flight_111 , All we
need is to change the beneficiary to your name so you can receive the
funds because i have all the legal documentation as the next of kin
before it being confiscated by the Bank as abandon fund.

Reply on my private email ( rizzarosemary@gmail.com ) to give you all the
details.

Most sincerely,
Mrs Rosemary Bonds Rizza.

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