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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: A2Z Groups of Company <limited.a2z@gmail.com>
Reply-To: gcfr.company@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 21:11:22 +0800
Subject: Hoping to hear from you soon...

Greetings to you in the name of God/Allah, Please let this not sound
strange to you for my only surviving lawyer who would have done this died
early this year. That's why I am writing to you through the email address
of one of the nurses down here at the hospital. I prayed and got your email
id from your country's guest book.

I am Mrs. Alicia .W. Cornwell from Canada but presently in London where I
am being hospitalized for now. I am 58 years old, I have problem with my
hearing and suffering from long time Sickle Cell Anemia after a while I
developed a cancerous tumor of the brain, from all indication my conditions
is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious that, according to my
doctors they have advised me that I may not live for the next six months,
this is because the tumor is at an advanced stage..

I was brought up from a motherless baby's home and was married to my late
husband for twenty-three years without a child, my husband was working in
an Oil & Gas company in Oman before he won a contract with NNPC over there
in Nigeria. My Late Husband died of CoronaVirus in 2020.

Due to my health condition, as my late husband died I decided to sell all
my inherited belongings and deposited the money Thirteen million one
hundred and twenty-four thousand United States Dollars(USD$13.124million
United States Dollars) which has been deposited in a Bank in Nigeria.

Presently, It is my last wish to see that this money is invested to any
organization of your choice and distributed each year among the charity
organizations, widows, the poor and the motherless babies home and also to
the victims of Natural Disasters. If you know that you can grant this
request for me, then I expect to receive your response as you write to
promise me that you would grant all my wishes just as I have demanded.

As soon as I receive your reply via: information.centre@zoho.com, I shall
give you the contact details of the Financial Security Company. I want you
to provide the Following information to enable the Financial Security
Company to release my Funds to you.

Name in Full:
Address:
Telephone Number:
Country:
Occupation:

Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein.

Hoping to hear from you soon...

Thanks
Mrs. Alicia W. Cornwell

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