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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: "pauline.dechaud" <miss.malikagahou222@gmail.com>
Reply-To: pauline.dechaud@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2022 10:42:14 +0200
Subject: Donation for humanitrian project

Greetings, I apologize for contacting you without your permission. I
am an old dying christian widow with a deadly cancer illness, writing
from a Cancer Hospital, i don't know you personally but I want to give
out my Inheritance the sum of (3.2 million Dollars) to the needy and
less privileges outside the country through you, Please reply back to
me if you are interested and for more information.
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Hilsen, jeg beklager for å kontakte deg uten din tillatelse. Jeg er en
gammel døende kristen enke med en dødelig kreftsykdom, skriver fra et
kreftsykehus, jeg kjenner deg ikke personlig, men jeg ønsker å gi ut
min arv på summen av (3,2 millioner dollar) til trengende og mindre
privilegier utenfor land gjennom deg, vennligst svar tilbake til meg
hvis du er interessert og for mer informasjon.

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