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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 Agnes George Johnson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <agnesgeorge171@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 15:30:31 -0700
Subject: My Donation to you Friend

Greetings,

I am Agnes George a 57 years old widow. I am a real estate consultant
& developer in Ireland, that is what I did for a living until I
developed a terminal illness that is making me not practically fit to
run my business that led me into winding up my business 3 years ago
and moved my capital and profit to a storage firm in USA due to the
fact that my late husband was from Lansing Michigan with the
perception of distributing the funds to the less privilege as i'm an
orphan myself or support businesses that require funding especially in
real estate though other businesses would also be welcomed.

The purpose of this email is to propose an investment plan to you
using my funds with the security company in USA. Regardless of where
you are, in or outside the US, I will be willing to support your
business on the basis that 30% of your turnover from my capital given
to you would be used for charity donations. This is absolutely risk
free and requires no payment to acquire. I am doing this because I
have less than 3 months to live .I therefore need a reliable fellow to
champion my course by receiving this funds, investing it in private
business and donating 40% of profit generated to the less privilege or
if you are not into any business, you can receive the funds as my next
of kin and assist me in distributing it to the less privilege but you
must be honest ,do not bother responding if you are not honest or
sincere but if you are Reply me to this email if you are interested
for further details.

Sincerely,
Mrs Agnes George

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