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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. Joana Johnson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsjoana.johnsson@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 15:27:10 -0400
Subject: DEAR BELOVED LIFE IS A CHANCE TO GROW OR SAVE A SOUL


Dear beloved,

Greeting to you in the most wonderful name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, As a matter of fact I got your email address from a mail Directory in my late husband s private library and decided to mail you for a permission for the help of this fund and i sincerely hope you will understand my plight, his richest blessings shall be upon you forever.

I am Mrs.Joana Johnson, I am 61 years old, I am deaf an suffering from a long time cancer of the Lungs which also affected my brain, from all indication my conditions is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious that according to my doctors that i may not live longer than required due to my health condition.

I was brought up from a motherless babies home and was married to my late husband for twenty years without a child.I was married to late Donald Johnson who worked with Shell Development Company in London for eight years before he died in 2013 after a brief illness that lasted for only three days.Since his death i decided not to re-marry, I sold all my inherited belongings and deposited all the sum of $12.5 Million with a firm.

This money is still with them and the management of the firm just wrote me to receive to receive my fund or rather issue a letter of authorization to someone to receive it on my behalf since I can not come due of my illness. I am in Rotterdam Erasmus Academisch Ziekenhuis Stratendijkwal 230, 3015 CE 010 463 9221 Hospital were am undergoing my Medicals treatment for cancer of the lungs.

More details will be made known to you upon your response.

Yours In Christ
Mrs. Joana Johnson

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