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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.Magdalena Edward" <edmagd001@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Mrs.Magdalena Edward" <edmagdfamly@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 18:18:53 +0900 (JST)
Subject: GREETINGS IN THE NAME OF GOD!


Apostolic Greetings,My beloved friend,
 
With due Respect and Humanity I write to donate and hand over this
fund to you for orphanages and widows / less privileged and propagate
the gospel of God(US$1) One million dollars deposited in a Security firm in Cote d'Ivoire by my late husband. I,am Mrs. Magdalena Edward,68 years old without a child,married to late Dr.Khalid Edward from Kuwait who was The chairman/CEO of k:E global industries and a philanthropist based in Cote d' Ivoire. before he died in the year 2010 after a Cancer related Operation, And Recently, I was diagnosed of cancer problem (cancer of the liver),Having known my condition I decided to donate this money to any good spirited individual,charity organization,christian,Hindus,Muslim or any Individual that have the poor and the destitute at heart.Please always remember me in your daily prayers.

Thanks and waiting your quick response and re-assuring reply..

God bless us,
Mrs.Magdalena Edward

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