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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 Mary Anderson <amrsmary16@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrs.maryander1947@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 13:14:13 +0000
Subject: Dear Beloved,

Hello

Dear Beloved,

I am Mrs. Mary Anderson an aging widow suffering from Cancer illness.I
have some funds with 50Kg of Gold Which I have inherited from my late
husband, the sum of ($6.5 Million Dollars) And I needed a very honest
and sincere Individual or co-operate organization that will use the
fund for work of humanity,

I found your email address from the Human resources data base and
decided to contact you. Please if you would be able to use the funds
for the work of humanity as I have stated here in order to fulfill my
late husband wishes please, kindly reply me back immediately.

Thanks.
Regards,
Mrs.Mary Anderson

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