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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: "From Mrs. Rosa Aimee Keller" <centralbofn73@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2022 16:49:34 +0100
Subject: Good Day Dear,

Good Day Dear,

I would like to apologize for using this medium to reach you for a
transaction of this magnitude. I got your contact in your country
business directory email database when I was searching on the internet
and I came across your email contact details and decided to send you
my divine charity task/proposal.

My Name is Mrs. Rosa Aimee Keller; I am 68 years old woman based in
United Arab Emirate. I write to Relate to you of my intention to use
my money of $20.5m (Twenty Million and five Hundred Thousand United
States dollars) deposited with a company in Dubai United Arab Emirate.
to buy good houses in three good countries of your choice. I was
married to Late Mr. Clinton Scott Keller who was a contractor with the
Government of United Arab Emirate before he died in a Kenya Airways
plane crashed in January 2000. You can see on the news online
website.(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6627485.stm

BBC NEWS | Africa | Kenya plane 'crashes in Cameroon' A Kenya Airways
plane with 114 people on board has reportedly crashed in southern
Cameroon. The flight, which originated in Ivory Coast, was reported
missing on Saturday after it failed to arrive in Kenya.news.bbc.co.uk)
I am suffering from long time cancer of the breast.

All indications from my doctors is showing that my conditions are
really deteriorating very fast and it is quite obvious that I wouldn't
live for longer, according to my doctors and in all indication
regarding medical analysis. The cancer disease has gotten to a very
bad stage and my hopes of recovering are very slim. In the 29 years of
marriage life, still we could not bear a child, my late husband was
very wealthy and after his death, I inherited some part of his fund
deposited in a company as family valuables in Dubai United Arab
Emirate.

The doctors have advised me in this hospital where i am to stop
thinking over who is going to inherit my money also to stop anything
about money this time, today I have decided to buy houses as i said to
donate and contribute to the less privileges, charity and homes less.
I want to know if I can trust you to get good houses also to handle
this project in a good way? In all you will be having 20% as
compensation and 10% is all the money you will spend to bring this box
fund out from the deposited company in Dubai.

Please if you are willing and interested to assist me to carry out
this project kindly reply me with your contact details, reply here;
Mrs.RosaAimeeKeller@outlook.com

1.Your Full Names
2.Mobile phone number
3.Country
4.Occupation
5.Age
6.Gender

I await your urgent reply

Thanks, and God bless.
Mrs. Rosa Aimee Keller
Email: Mrs.RosaAimeeKeller@outlook.com

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