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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 Josefine John Carlsen <josefine.johncarlsen@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 17:53:44 +0000
Subject: Beloved,

With warm hearts and joy in the Lord Jesus, I write this mail to you. I am
Mrs.Josefine John Carlsen, a Denmark Citizen, but living in Burkina Faso.
A dying widow hospitalized undergoing treatment for brain tumor disease, I
am a Widow who is 67 years old,without any children. I am a devoted
Christian and have the fear of God. I am a philanthropist and a care-giver.
I inherited the sum of $11,000.000.000 USDollars from my late husband who
was a Crude Oil dealer before he was killed during the Burkina Faso
Political unrest that happened Four years ago in August 2019.

With this intention, I am determined to contact you in order to sustain and
assist me as my rightful beneficiary and claim the money for humanitarian
purposes for the mutual benefits of the less privileged ones. Because If
the fund remains unclaimed with the bank I pass away, those gluttonous bank
executives will place the fund as an unclaimed Fund and share it among
themselves for their selfish and worthless ventures. In this regard, I will
be grateful for your kind acceptance to carry out this transaction and
fulfill my final wish in implementing the charitable project in your
country as it requires absolute trust and devotion without any failure.
Meanwhile It will be my pleasure to compensate you as my Investment
Manager/Partner with 40% percent of the total amount as commission/share
just for you to take this charitable project serious and handle it with
sincerity of mind, showing honesty and attention in our communication and
in every aspect of this project, While 60% of the money will be invested
into the charity project.

Get back to me if you are interested and ready to handle this transaction
for charity work.


Best regards,
Mrs.Josefine John Carlsen.

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