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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: Carol Mitchell <aminumagajidangulbi@gmail.com>
Date:
Subject:

Hello Beloved,

I am Carol Mitchell, a missionary formally with Saints Peter and Paul
Church Catholic North Beach/Telegraph Hill 666 Filbert St San
Francisco, CA 94133 USA, i have the sum of US$6M in American Ally Bank
Before I was diagnosed with blood cancer and according to my doctors
I have just two or three weeks left to live.

Thus, I want you to help me by standing as my next of kin to enable Ally
Bank
to transfer this US$6M to you, note that you will take US$3M out of
this US$6M and give the remaining US$3M to any charity home here in the
United States, Africa, Canada, Europe and Asia because that was the vow
I made to my God Almighty before I became a Missionary.

I want you to get back to my lawyer immediately if you are interested
in standing as my next of kin, so that he can introduce you to my bank
and direct you on how to proceed before I pass away.

Contact Of my Lawyer
Name: Barr. Boyce Simmon
Email: redacted@domain.name


I await your urgent response.

Reply to my private Email: redacted@domain.name


Thanks,

Missionary Carol Mitchell.
Saints Peter and Paul Church
North Beach/Telegraph Hill 666 Filbert St San Francisco, CA 94133 USA
I await your urgent response.

Reply to my private Email: redacted@domain.name


Thanks,

Missionary Carol Mitchell.
Saints Peter and Paul Church
North Beach/Telegraph Hill 666 Filbert St San Francisco, CA 94133 USA

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