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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: "Mrs. Maureen A. Greave" <mrdouglassmall@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsgreave@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2022 20:19:50 +0100
Subject: GOD BLESS YOU

Hello Dear,

I am Mrs. Maureen A. Greave, a Widow and Cancer patient from Australia
but based in Finland now, I want you to assist me so that SB Bank
Finland will release my Late husband Mr. Ali Banat 51,000,000.00USD
in their bank to you because this fund is Charity.

You are going to use 21,000,000.00 for Charity and 20,000,000.00 for
you and 10,000,000.00 for my medical treatments,and the reason why I
contacted you is because I am very sick and I can't be able to handle
this myself. So get back to me if only you can handle this
transaction,and I also need your honesty.

Mrs. Maureen A. Greave,

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