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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 Jenan Attiyah <mrsjenanma1959@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2022 05:45:06 +0100
Subject: God Bless You Amen.

My Beloved,

Greetings to you, I am Mrs Jenan Al-Attiyah From Kuwait, a Christian
married to Dr Khalid Al-Attiyah who was a finance Director Kuwait Petroleum
corporation for Years before his death 30 November 2020.. We were married
for years without a child due to my fibroid problem. Since my husband's
death I have been sick, recently My doctor said that the sickness has
gotten to a bad stage. When my Late husband was alive he made a deposit of
USD1.650.000.00 (One Million Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States
Dollars). This is our life time savings. Knowing my present health
condition, I have decided to donate this money out for charity purposes.
Dear, I want to transfer this money to you. I want you to use 80% of this
money to help the poor orphans, Disable, sick suffering cancer, render help
in the church and homeless within your city , then take the remaining
amount to take care of your own home . I took this decision because I
cannot abandon the money in the bank beside me and my late husband vowed to
use our last wealth for Charity. All I want from you is to receive this
money and accomplish my last wish, as I want this to be the last good thing
I did on earth before death comes, so that even in death my soul shall rest
in peace. If you are sincerely ready from your heart to do this goodwill
service write to me so that I will give you more details. Thanks and Remain
Blessed.. Yours Loving Sister,

Mrs Jenan Al-Attiyah

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