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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: Amelia David <MrsPatriciaRobert001@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2023 01:00:07 +0000
Subject: GET BACK TO ME




Dear Friend,

My name is Amelia David, from London -England, I school and work
as a fashion designer for a part time job after my school. Am the only
child of my parents, my father died in a fatal auto accident on his
way to see my sick mother at the hospital where she was admitted for
Cancer treatment, she also died when she heard about the death of my
father on the same day at the hospital.

Before the death of my father, he had willed part of his Real Estate
Business, Gas Stations and a total sum of (Fifty Million, Seven Hundred
Thousand Pounds Sterling) to me. After the death of my both parents,
things became hard for me, paying my school fees, putting food on the
table and taking care of my other needs with my fashion designer work,
I went to the bank where my late father deposited the fund on my behalf
to with-draw money in order to take care of myself and pay for my school
fees with other bills.

I was shocked when the Bank Manager explained to me that I will not be
able to with-draw from the deposited money, because my father had put a
clause on the Will, which he used in depositing the fund with them, saying
that before I will be given access to the money, I will either have to be 30
years old or if only I get married before the age of 30 , in which case, my
husband will be legible to claim the money on my behalf by standing in as
my late fathers next of kin to claim the deposited fund on my behalf.

Today I am only 25 years old. And I have no access to the money till I am
30 years. So, I contact you to stand as my husband to claim this fund on
my behalf and in case if you are married already, you can still help me by
standing in as my late father’s next of kin to the deposited fund. So, please
get back to me as to know how you will be remunerated as I will part with
20% of the total sum (Fifty Million, Seven Hundred Thousand Pounds
Sterling),while 10% will be mapped out for any expenses that we're to use
to receive the money from the deposited Bank.

Please remember that I am writing you this email purely on the ground of
trust so we can achieve this deal together. This transaction will last for two
weeks after you get back to me on how serious you are to claim this fund on
my behalf. Reply me here: skylar.david@aol.com

Yours Sincerely,
Amelia David



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