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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: Mr. Nathan <officedesk@qq.com>
Reply-To: engr.nathanbrowell1941@live.com
Date: 07 Jun 2022 15:16:26 -0700
Subject: Re:I NEED HONEST AND SINCERE INVESTMENT PARTNER

Dear beloved ,



I crave your indulgence at this mail coming from somebody like me
whom you did not know

before. I decided to do this after praying over the situation I
am into here in the

hospital. You should please consider the transaction on its
content and not the fact that

you have not known me before. I need not dwell on how I came by
your contact information

because there are many such possibilities these days to meet
partners .


I would like to introduce myself as Mr.Nathan bro-well, of the
United state and i have

lived here in dubai for 50 years,i am A widow to Late Mrs Ruth
Bro-well manager daewoo in

Madrid Spain. I have been recently diagnosed Cancer of the Pelvic
.

I am writing to you now from my sick bed because of how this
transfer is to me. There is

$26.5M (twenty six Million Five Hundred United State Dollars) my
wife has in an account

with the Islamic Bank Dubai of which I am the next of kin. With
my health condition and

because my wife and I have no children, I am looking for a
credible person that will not

betray me to whom I will pass the right of next of kin. This
person will apply to the bank

and request for the transfer of the funds to his/her bank
account.

This is on the condition that you will take only 30% of the fund
for yourself,10% used for

expenses, while you will use the remaining 60% for the less
privileged people in the

society to invest on charity organization. This is in fulfillment
of the last request of my

wife before she died: that a substantial part of the fund be used
to care for the less

privileged. If this conditions acceptable to you,


You should contact me immediately with your full contact
information Below;



Your full name....................


Your Address....................................................

Your telephone Number and Fax Number........


Your Occupation................................................


Your
Age..........................................................




So I will ask our family lawyer to prepare the authorization that
will give you the right

of the next beneficiary to the account in the bank. I will also
give you a text of the

application Letter you are to send to the bank. I cannot predict
what will be my faith by

the time the funds will be transferred into your account as I
have described above.

I will like you to contact me if you are capable of handling this
so that I will reply to

you by sending you a letter of claim. Looking forward to your
immediate response to my email address.
engr.nathanbrowell1941@live.com



Yours Sincerely

Mr.Nathan

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