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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: Emilia Mayer <patrickwilliams8862@gmail.com>
Reply-To: emiliamayer88@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2022 06:47:29 +0000
Subject:


Beloved

I apologize for intruding into your privacy, especially by contacting you
through this means for an important offer, how are you and your family over
there? My name is Emilia Mayer. I want to donate my inheritance to the less
privileged people in the society. I work as a contractor and business
woman. I want to donate my inheritance to the less privileged people in the
society. I live alone and have no family, relatives or children. I lost my
beloved husband and two kids in a terrible car accident. I am suffering
from Stomach Cancer and have undergone a series of cancer treatments but to
no avail, I am presently in a special Government hospital for a cancer
operation. After the test result, my doctor said that I have a short time
to live, for this reason I got your email address on the internet and I am
contacting you because I have no option again. I save my personal money,
the sum of 7.5Million Euros in the Bank now that I have a short time to
live. I want you to stand as my representative in your country and build
either Mosque or church for people over there in your city or help any
orphanage home or poor people with my money. If you can accept to be my
representative then I will give you 30% of the total amount as your
commission and you will use the balance 70 % for the project. Please I need
an honest person who will take very good care of this project. If you are
capable of handling this project, then I will tell you further steps to
take. I suffer a lot in my life and I am very much afraid of dying without
knowing the destination of my property, I hardly sleep at night and during
the day because I do not want to die without having donated all the
property I have, otherwise I think it would be a mess.

Hope to hear from you even if you’re not interested in this email address. (
emiliamayer88@gmail.com )



Regards

Emilia Mayer

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