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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: Tiril freydis Brundtland <issadrabo411@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrs.tirilfreydisbrundtland2@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2023 06:21:29 -0700
Subject: ATTENTION


HELLO


My name is Mrs. Tiril Freydis Brundtland, from Norway. I know this message
will be a surprise for you. First of all, I am married to Mr. Jo Benkow
Brundtland, a gold dealer who owns a small gold mine in Burkina Faso; She
died of cardiovascular disease in mid-March 2011. During her life she
deposited the sum of €8.5 million (eight million, five hundred thousand
euros) in a bank in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso in West
Africa. The money deposited came from the sale of the shares, the payment
of death benefits, and my late husband's rights to his company.

I am sending you this message praying that it reaches you in good health as
I am not in good health in which I sleep every night not knowing if I can
be alive to see the next day. I have been suffering from cancer for a long
time and am currently partially suffering from a stroke disease which has
made it almost impossible for me to move. I was married to my late husband
for over 4 years before he passed away and sadly, since we don't have a
child, my doctor confided in me that I have a lesser chance of living.
Having known my state of health, I decided to contact them to claim the
fund since I have no relationship. I grew up in an orphanage.

I have decided to donate what I have to you for the support of helping
orphaned/underprivileged/widowed babies because I am dying and was
diagnosed with cancer about 2 years ago. Almighty God it has fallen to me
to donate what I have inherited from my late husband to you for the good
work of Almighty God. I have asked Almighty God to forgive me and I believe
he has, because He is a Merciful God. They will soon operate on me.

This is why I need your services to introduce yourself as my next of kin or
executor to claim the charitable funds. If this money remains unclaimed
after my death, the bank or government executives will take the money as an
unclaimed fund and perhaps use it for worthless and selfish ventures. I
need a very honest person who can claim this money and use it for charity.
for orphanages, widows and also to build schools for the less privileged
that will bear the name of my late husband and my name; I need your urgent
response 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.


Thank you
Mrs. Tiril F. Brundtland

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