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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: Juliet Makeba <hassandaggash88833@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jtmkeba@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2023 11:24:52 +0100
Subject: Re :

Hello,

My decision to contact you is because I have been recently diagnosed
with Lungs Cancer and the doctor said I  have less than 6 weeks to
live. Since this sudden news was announced to me, I have been
reflecting over my life in the past. It is painful that after over 26
years of peaceful marriage with my late husband Makeba, we lost the
only child that would have inherited our numerous wealth. In the past,
I have made reasonable donations to the victims of the Earthquake in
Haiti and recently to the same victims in Japan and Thailand. Now that
my health is gradually deteriorating, I cannot continue to do all
these by myself any more. I strongly desire to reach out to the poor
and needy people, but I would prefer to continue this with the
assistance of a kind person. I want you to answer the following
questions: (1) If I donate (15,500,000.00) Fifteen Million five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars to you, will you be able to
utilize it wisely to achieve my heart desire of supporting poor people
around you? (2) Will you open a charity foundation in the name of my
husband and I? I want you to set up a motherless babies home in my
memory when I am gone, then keep 40% for your effort. Please reply to
me as soon as possible to give you more details.

God bless you.
Mrs. Juliet Makeba.

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