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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. Amilisa Dadi" <missangeladembo33@gmail.com>
Reply-To: amilisadadi68@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2022 01:44:06 -0700
Subject: Good day

Good day

I know that this message will look strange, surprising and probably
unbelievable to you, but it is the reality. I want to make a donation
of money to you. I contact you by the will of God. I am above named.
Mrs. Amilisa Dadi, I am 65 years old from (Osaka Japan) I got your
contact through a discreet search from the Internet, The reason why
I’m explaining my findings to you is to seek your assistance to enable
you to contribute immensely to the actualization of my dream.

I am suffering from a long-time cancer of the breast and throat and it
is quite obvious that I can't work or do any stressful thing,
according to my doctors they have advised me that I may not live for
the next two months. I was brought up from a motherless baby's home,
and was married to my late husband for twenty years without a child.
My husband Late Alexandra PAUL Dadi. who worked with America Embassy
Washington D.C for eleven years before he died in a fatal motor
accident before his death in the year 2013, we were true Christians.
Since his death I decided not to re-marry, I sold all my inherited
belongings and deposited all the sum of $8.3 Million (Eight Million,
three hundred thousand U.S. Dollars) into my nonresidential account in
Turkey. My late husband brother took away $2,800,000 from me and ran
away without knowing that my late husband who died in a car accident
left some money in my name and total amount left in my name was $5
million and after selling all my properties I realized $8.3 million
and deposit it into my nonresidential account in Turkey. So, the total
amount I have now is $8.3 million dollars. I was a successful retired
senior nurse but he almost rendered me useless and he did care to know
where i am or if i was dead but i am happy that the paying bank told
me in the letter that they can have the funds released to my approved
person that was authorized by me so that the funds will be transferred
to his or her bank account anywhere in the world. Presently, i am
using my laptop in the hospital at London where I have been undergoing
treatment for my sickness. I have since lost my ability to talk and my
doctors have told me that I have only more 2 months to live.

It is my last wish to see at least 60% of this money is
invested/donated to any organization/business of your choice and
distributed each year among the charity organization, e.g. the poor
homes, the motherless babies home where I came from and you can use
the 40% to help yourself since I do not have more than two months to
leave in this world What i seek for is a kind and good spirited person
who will carry out my last wishes and before I wrote you today I
prayed and my spirit gave me the confidence before messaging you even
when my soul will rest in peace. As soon as I receive your reply, I
will give you the contact information of the paying Bank with
instruction on how you will do to receive the funds. I will also issue
you a letter of authority that will prove you as the original-
beneficiary of this said fund. All i need from you is a confidential
assurance that the funds when received by you will be used for the
said purpose. Nowadays it is difficult to trust but I don’t know why
my spirit still accept and approved me to email you about this because
i do not want someone who will run away with my money and not
fulfilling my wishes, you are the first and last person i will contact
about this matter.

You can contact me on my email 'amilisadadi68@yahoo.com' and please I
want you to always pray for me because the lord is my shepherd. My
happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian. Any delay in
your reply will give me room in sourcing for an individual or
organization for this same purpose. Feel free to go into this with me.
Please endeavor to use 60% of this money for Charity organization
donation and less privileged and have 40% for yourself. However, I am
sincerely seeking your confidence in this transaction, which propose
with my free mind and as a person of integrity from God. Please assure
me that you will accept accordingly as I stated here and your response
would be highly appreciated. As soon as i receive your reply, I will
attach to you my current picture in the hospital so you will see the
situation this sickness has taken me into.

Please reply to me as soon as you get this message,

I’m waiting for your help
Mrs. Amilisa Dadi

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