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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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Fraud email example:

From: Julia <damenperrin2@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2022 02:35:49 -0700
Subject: Helo


>From Julia Mazer
Whinchat House
Tyne and Wear
NE28 9ED, UK

Dearest One

How are you doing today? However, I strongly believed that this message
meet you in good health? It is not mandatory, nor will I in any manner
compel you to honour against your will. I am Mrs. Julia Mazer, from the
United Kingdom, I'm currently receiving treatment in my home here in the
United Kingdom.

I was married to Late Mr. Thomas Mazer, from Toronto, Canada who worked
with the Canadian Embassy in New York, for nine years before he died in the
year 2011.

Before his death, we were both born again Christian. Since the death of my
husband, I decided not to remarry or get a child outside my matrimonial
home, which the Bible is against.

When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of Six Million, two
hundred thousand United States dollars in one of the security and financial
firm in Istanbul, Turkey, the firm has given me a mandate to come up with a
beneficiary to avoid confiscating of the funds.

Recently, I was told that I would not last for the next two months due to
Lymphoma cancer problem I have been battling for many years now.

Having known my condition, I decided to contact you through this medium
because I can't be able to carry on any activities due to weaker Immune
system, I will be grateful if you can assist me to retrieve the money back
from the Turkey financial firm, so that my late husband hard work will not
go in vain.

Purpose of this proposal:
I want a good person that will use this fund for an individual or a private
company, widows, widowers as long as the person will use the funds in
helping to propagate the world, also to make use of the money by helping
people who are in need of financial support. I took this decision because I
don’t have any child that will inherit this money.

This is the reason why I am making this decision, I am not afraid of death,
hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bosom of
the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says that “the lord will fight my case and I
shall hold my peace” With God, all things are possible.

May the Merciful ❤️ of the almighty God be with you at all times and
protect you from the evils of this world.

God blessings,
I wait for a response
Mrs. Julia Mazer,

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