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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: "Ms.Veronica Anderson" <av225228@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Ms.Veronica Anderson" <jentala1@ig.com.br>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 19:45:13 +0900 (JST)
Subject: hi


Greetings to you, With due respect
and humanity , and forced me to write to you under the ground of
humanity. My name is Ms. Veronica Anderson . I was born in Baltimore ,
Maryland , and I am married to the director , Mr. Maxwell Anderson JC
industry, Cote d'Ivoire. We were married for 36 years without a child .
He died after a heart bypass operation . Recently , my doctor told me
that I will not continue for the next six months because of the problems of cancer ( lever and stroke ) . Before the death of my husband in the
last year there is this amount of 6.2 million dollars he deposited in a
bank here in , Cote d'Ivoire. Presently this money is still in the bank. Having known my condition I decided to donate to this fund to any
individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct
here . I want someone who will use this fund according to the desire of
my late husband to help people less fortunate , and orphanages , and
poor families with many children . I took this decision because I do not have any child that will inherit this fund , and I do not want in away
where this money will be used in a manner ungodly . That is why I am
taking this decision to hand you over this Fund . I am not afraid of
death hence I know where I'm going . I want you to remember me always in my prayers everyday because even upcoming cancer surgery . Writing
again as soon as possible any delay in your reply will give me room in
sourcing another person for this same purpose . Your sincerely ,  Ms
Veronica Anderson.

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