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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: Lillian Noor <liliannoor101@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 May 2024 05:58:44 -0700
Subject: My dear greetings to you,


My dear greetings to you,

I crave your indulgence at this mail coming from somebody you have not
known before. I decided to do this after praying over the situation. You
should please consider the transaction on its content and not the fact that
you have not known me before. I need not dwell on how I came by your
contact information because there are many such possibilities these days.
My name is Mrs. Lillian Noor, from Benin Republic, widow to Late Mr. B.
Noor (former Minister of Tourism and Culture Benin Republic. I have
recently been diagnosed of Cancer of the pelvis. I am writing you from my
sick bed

There is this USD$17.2M (Seventeen Million Two Hundred Thousand American
Dollars) my husband has in an account with the Africa Development Bank
Benin Republic of which I am the next of kin. With my health condition and
because my husband and I have no children, I am looking for a credible
person to whom I will pass the rights of next of kin. This person will
apply to the bank and request for the transfer of the fund to his/her bank
account. This is on the condition that you will take 25% of the fund for
yourself, 5% used for expenses, while you will use the remaining 70% for
the less privileged people in the society. This is in fulfillment of the
last request of my husband that a substantial part of the fund be used to
care for the less privileged.

I cannot do this myself any more. I once asked members of my family to
close one of my late husband’s bank accounts and donate the money which I
have there to the less privileged people in the society; they refused and
kept the money to themselves. Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they
seem not to be content with what I have left for them. If this condition is
acceptable to you, you should contact me immediately with your full names
and contact information so that I will ask our family lawyer to prepare the
authorization that will give you the right of next of kin to the account in
the bank. I will also give you a text of the application you are to send to
the bank.

I cannot predict what will be my fate by the time the fund will be
transferred into your account, but you should please ensure that the fund
is used as I have described above.

N.B: Please reply me on this my private email address
liliannoor2021@gmail.com

Remain Blessed

Yours Sister,

Mrs. Lillian Noor.

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