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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 Jane Tuttle <janetuttle008@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Mrs Jane Tuttle <mrsjanetittle2@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 04:09:42 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Letter From The Hospital





Dearest,

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$2.7M) Two million seven hundred  thousand dollars deposited in a Bank in Cote d'Ivoire by my  late husband. I, Mrs.Jane Tuttle, 68 years old without a child, married to late Dr. James Tuttle who worked with Oil company (PETROCI) Cote d'Ivoire before he died in the year 2010 after a Cardiac Arteries Operation, presently my doctor said I will  not last for four months due to Colon Cancer,I have a little adopted child named Andrew C. Tuttle that i adopted hem in this Country when my late husband was alive.i want you to

(1) Keep 50% of the money for Andrew until he finish his studies to become a man as
he has been there for me as my lovely Son and i promised to support him in life to become a medical Doctor because he always desire for it with the scholarship he had won so far. I want you to take him along with you to your country and establish him as your son. (2) Give 20% of the money to handicap people and charity organization. The remaining 30% should be yours for your help to Andrew. Finally, write me back so that Andrew will send you his pictures to be sure of whom you are dealing with. Andrew is 14years now, therefore guide him. And if i don't hear from you i will look for another person or any organization.
May Almighty God bless you and use you to accomplish my wish.

Please always remember me in your daily prayers.

God Bless You,
Mrs Jane Tuttle.

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