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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 <rosejames5637@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsrosejames11@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 16:52:44 +0000
Subject: Funds for humanitarian project

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.

my name is Mrs. Rose James from London, I am married to Late Mr. Fedir
Evanko (Ukraine sunflower oil, wheat & maize farmer ) my husband was
murdered by the Russian Army troop because of the war between Russian
& Ukraine and it was very terrible experience. He was a sunflower oil,
wheat & maize farmer who have invested much in agriculture political
opponents.

I was diagnosed with cancer of the breast and my Doctor told me few
days ago that I have one (1) month to live due to my complicated
health issues and the war in my husband country Ukraine and am
currently at an intensive care home outside my husband country Ukraine
due to the war.

I have {US$30,000,000.00} that my late husband deposited in a bank in
London, and we have no child before his death. I want you to use the
fund to develop charity projects for the betterment of lives of orphan
children, widows, homeless people, church project or schools and any
other way that you know to help people that need help in order to make
the world better. I am confident to contact you today as I wish you
can understand me. I've decided to contact you to help me develop
divine mission projects in your country (Charity projects). 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 know if we can collaborate to help the orphans, the needy
people and disability who are suffering. Can I trust you with the
funds? I agreed to offer you 10% of the total funds for your help
after the transfer, 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.

I Love You and God Bless You

Mrs. Rose James

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