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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. Rebecca Lee Zhang<test@cifra.cv.ua>
Reply-To: leezhangrebecca@gmail.com
Date: 17 Aug 2023 15:47:33 +0800
Subject: MY LAST WISH (PLEASE DON'T IGNORE THIS MESSAGE)

Good day,

Complement of the day, I am so sorry contacting you in this means
especially when we have never met before.
Based on the critical condition I find myself in, though, it’s
not a financial problem, but my health,you might have known that
cancer
is not what to talk about,though I don’t know you,and my contact
with
you was not by mistake, but by divine favor of GOD.

My name is Mrs. Rebecca Lee Zhang, I was married to Mr. Hongsong
Xim Zhang, who worked with China National Offshore Oil
Corporation (CNOOC)
for 18years before he died on the 22nd of July 2020 in Guangdong
China.
We were married for years without a child. He died after a brief
illness
caused by COVID-19 that lasted for five days.

When my late husband was alive we deposited the sum of
US$30,000,000,00 (Thirty Million United States Dollars) in a Bank
in
USA. Presently this money is still in the Bank in USA. He made
this money available in buying Real Estate or building Schools
for orphanage homes and Less
previlges. But recently, My Doctor told me that I don’t have much
time to live
because of the cancer problem that was diagnosed in my body.

Having known my condition I decided to hand you over this project
money to take care of the less-privileged people, Building
Schools and
Real Estate for the Orphanage homes just to fulfill my husband's
wishes.

You will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct
herein.

I want you to take 35% of this US$30Million
My security officer will take 5%
The remaining 60% of the money will go to charity people and
helping the orphanages.

I don’t want my husband’s hard earned money all his efforts to be
used by the Government. I grew up as an Orphan and I don’t have
anybody
as my family member that can use this and not keep the funds to
themselves due to greediness and advantage of my illness.

Just to endeavor that the name of GOD is maintained. Am doing
this to fulfill my husband's wishes so that GOD will forgive my
sins and
accept my soul because this sickness has suffered me so much.

Please note that this fund is 100% Legal and risk free because
both myself and my late husband deposited this funds for this
purpose.

Now as soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact
of my late husband's security officer who will guide you on how
the
US$30Million should be transferred to your name as the new
beneficiary for
this project.

And I will send you an authority letter that will prove you the
present beneficiary of the money in the security company, that is
if you
assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein.

Contact me on this email directly: leezhangrebecca@gmail.com

Hoping to receive your reply soon.

Regards,
Mrs. Rebecca Lee Zhang

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