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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: "Annable Katherine Grosvenor" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <akglkd2@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 07:26:04 -0700
Subject: =?utf-8?Q?Spam?=
Quick Response From You.,

  
Good day,

My name is Annable Katherine Grosvenor, I'm 57yrs old, a widow, no kids, from the United Kingdom, I'm very sorry to bother you with this message but it is very important for me that I send out this message because I am very sick and at the point of death, I'm diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer and from all indications, I will not survive it because my Doctor courageously told me that I have few months to live, and also I can see that my health is fast deteriorating, the aggression of cancer has reached a critical stage.

I'm contacting you from my sick bed with the help of my personal nurse, I need a trustworthy, Godfearing and a reliable person I can bank on to carry out my last wish for me which is also the wish of my late husband, I have a humanitarian project worth a fortune, if you promise to help me accomplish this my last dying wish to the Glory of God and humanity, I will give you thirty percent of the total sum.

For further Enquiry about my mail to you pls kindly get back to me on my private email address so I can give you further details on how to go about this

Thank you very much for taking out time to read my message to you.

Yours Truly,
Annable Katherine Grosvenor

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