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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. Tiril Freydis Brundtland" <wendyamyvesrolandb@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsbrundtlandtiril2011@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2023 05:55:36 -0700
Subject: HELLO


Greetings

My name is Mrs. Tiril Freydis Brundtland I’m from Norway I need your
assistance for a charity work, I am sending you this message with heavy
tears in my eyes and great sorrow in my heart, and also praying that it
will reach you in good health, as I am suffering from long time cancer, I
was once married to my husband late Mr. Jo Benkow Brundtland a politician
who die in the year 2013 owns a small Oil company in South Korea, when he
was alive he deposited the sum of €8,500,000 Eight million, Five hundred
thousand Euros in a bank in Brussels, the capital city of Belgium in Europe
The money was from the sale of his company and death benefits payment and
entitlements of my deceased husband by his company.

I have decided to donate this money for the support of helping Motherless
babies/Less privileged/Widows, as I am dying and diagnosed with cancer
about 3 years ago. I have decided to donate from what I have inherited from
my late husband to you for the good work of Almighty God; I will be going
in for an operation surgery soon, I need your urgent answer to know if you
will be able to execute this project, and I will give you more information
on how the fund will be transferred to your bank account.

Thanks

Mrs. Tiril Freydis Brundtland

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