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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: wilsonelaine <wilsonelaine071@gmail.com>
Reply-To: elainewiilson@yandex.com
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2023 10:36:43 -0700
Subject: Re,

Hello dear ,

with the grace of God I have to find strength and courage from my sick bed
to write you today before is too late.My name is

Mrs Elaine Wilson, a Suisse French citizen by marriage.I am married to late
Mr Eric Wilson,a french businessman who based

in Abidjan for the period of 20 years.As faith may have it our marriage
ended without any children my husband died in a car

accident in Abu Dhabi on a business trip to United ArabEmirates.

When my husband was alive, after our last visit to your country we both
agree to donate some money to help the less

privileged children and set up a orphanage home but this plan was chartered
by the death of my husband.I am a woman who

believes in God and helping the less privileged for the love of God.

According to the doctors report I have very little time to live because I
am suffering from cancer is very painful but I

still trust and believe in God for miracle.I wish to donate the sum of
(Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand Euro) your

care for this charity project. I will stop hear as I want to take some rest
now, Please always put me in your prayers,I am

looking forward for your response

Regards

Mrs Elaine Wilson

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