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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: "Mr. Joe Collins" <brscbcgtogo@gmail.com>
Reply-To: joecollins_12@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 11:10:15 -0700
Subject: Re : Orphanage Help,

I'm Joe Collins I am 75 years old, dying with stomach cancer Pain, I have
decided to donate what I have to your/churches/ motherless babies/less
privileged/widows/ and motherless
babies I was diagnosed for cancer for about 2 years ago I am presently
hospitalized in Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, Mississippi here in
United State. I have been touched by god to donate from what I have to you
for good work of god I call up a prophet to give me positive thinking on
this solution, as my adviser. He minister to me to share my properties
wealth, to motherless baby orphanage homes/people that need money
for survival student that need money to further their education business
woman and man for their condition I have several industrial companies and
good share in various banks in the world. I spend all my life on investment
and corporate business. All the way I lost my Beautiful Wife and two
beautiful kids in fatal Car accident that occur in November 5th 2005. I
decided to WILL/donate the sum of USD$8.937, 210 Million Dollars to you
for the good work of god, and also to help the motherless and less
privilege and also for the assistance of the widows Probably let me now
what you really need this money for, and if you can still help me to
distribute this money to nearest orphanages homes near your home town
prisoners people
who cannot survive in the mist of feeding their self, Since i will not live
more than a mouth to die as my doctor has already stated to me do to my
stomach Cancer pain.

My contact : joecollins_12@hotmail.com
My Skype : jeo.collins2

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