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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. AMINA JOHNSON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mywill2you3@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2015 15:05:15 +0100
Subject: *REF: / I DONATE THIS FUND TO YOU FOR CHARITY FOUNDATION PROJECT*

BELOVED FRIEND IN GOD,


*REF: / I DONATE THIS FUND TO YOU FOR CHARITY FOUNDATION PROJECT*
:

Greetings in the Name of God, I am Mrs. Amina Johnson a London Citizenship. I am suffering from a long time cancer of the lungs; and from all indication my conditions is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious according to my doctors that I may not live so long;

My husband died in Bell-view plane crash four years ago in the absent of having no child of ours. Since his death, I decided not to re-marry thereby sold my inheritance belongings and deposited the cash sum of (US$10.M) Ten Million Dollars with Unity Bank Plc NG.

Beloved, due to my present health predicament, I have decided to bequest / donate my inheritance fund to you for establishment of charity foundation project where motherless baby’s and destitute children will be properly taking care of instead allowing my late husband families’ who has been on my neck since the death of their brother to release his assets to them hence I have limited life time;

For God sake, if you are interest to work with my personal account officer whom I will introduce you to so as to enable you repatriate the fund in possession in quest to carrying out this divine project on my behalf without deviating from my heart desire, get back to me immediately with your information as follows;

1. Your full name:...............;(2). Your residential address:....................;
3. Your nationality :.............;(4). Your sex / age:...male....... / ...........
5. Your occupation............;(6). Your cell phone number:....................;

Thanks for understanding, while hoping hearing from you today:

Yours beloved Sister in the Lord,
MRS. AMINA JOHNSON

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