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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: rose james <ubagroup.africamail@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsrosejames11@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2022 16:53:31 +0100
Subject: Donations for God's work

My Beloved Good day,

Do not be dismayed on how I reached you because i got your email today
in the course of my search for a sincere individual who will handle my
fund, i decided to reach you because I know good people still exists
and I have prayed to get one who will accomplish my heart desires, but
before I continue, I will like to introduce myself.

I am Mrs. Rose James from London. a widow to late Dr. Alfred James. I
am 58 years old and a converted born again Christian, suffering from
long term cancer of the breast, from all indication my condition is
really deteriorating and it is quite obvious that I might not live
more than one (1) month, according to my personal doctor because the
cancer has gotten to a critical/worst stage.

My late husband and my only child died last five years ago, his death
was politically motivated. My late husband was a very rich and wealthy
business man who was running his Gold/Diamond Business in Ghana. After
his death, I inherited all his business and wealth, so I now decided
to divide the part of this wealth, to contribute to the development of
the charitable organization in Africa, Asia, America, Europe and South
America. I collected your email address during my desperate search on
the internet and I prayed over it and the spirit of our Lord Jesus
directed me to you as an honest person who can assist me to fulfill my
wish here on earth.

I want to donate the sum of ($30,000,000.00 USD) to the poor, less
privilege, orphanage home and motherless because I cannot take this
money to the grave. Please I want you to note that this fund is lodged
in a well-known bank in London.

FYI, this is a legitimate humanitarian project and I agreed to offer
you 20% of the total fund for your assistance as my fund receiver
after confirmation of the fund in your bank account, but please if you
are not interested delete this message and don’t bother to respond.

Once I hear from you, I will forward to you all the information's you
will use to get this fund released from the bank and to be transferred
to your bank account. I honestly pray that this money when transferred
to you will be used for the said purpose because l have come to find
out that wealth acquisition without Christ is vanity.

May the grace of our lord Jesus, the love of God and the fellowship of
the holy spirit be with you and your family.

God Bless you
Mrs. Rose James

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