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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: Lukas Joyce <melodydrgeorge@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2022 23:20:01 +0100
Subject: Dearest in the lord,

Dearest in the lord,





First and foremost, 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. Lukas Joyce ; I am 68 years old woman based in South Africa.
I write to Relate to you of my intention to use my money $20.5 (Twenty
Million and five Hundred Thousand United States dollars) for charity work
in your country. I was married to Late Mr. Lukas Scott Keller who was a
contractor with the Government of South Africa 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) I am suffering
from long time cancer of the breast.




All indications from my doctors are 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 business and money in the bank.



The doctors have advised me that I may not live for more than a year to two
and warn me to stop thinking over who is going to inherit my money, today I
have decided to donate and contribute to the less privileges, charity and
orphanage homes. I want to know if I can trust you to use these funds for
charity/orphanage and 40% will be for you as compensation. Please contact
me, so that I will give you more details.



I will provide you more detailed information after knowing your willingness
to handle this fund with fear of God. Please if you are willing to assist
me Kindly contact my Lawyer. I already have discussed with the lawyer who
will work with you concerning the transfer of the money feel free to
contact him so that he can explain the transfer procedure to you directly.



Please if you are willing to assist me to carry out this task kindly send
your contact details to my lawyer for Payment Details approval.



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



Here are my lawyer's contact details:



Contact Person: Fred Michael
Email: fredchaelchambers@hotmail.com


I await your urgent reply


Thanks, and God bless.
Mrs. Mrs. Lukas Joyce
Email: lukasjoyce038@gmail.com

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