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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. Anjali Kumar" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <anjali.k83@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 10:11:37 -0700
Subject: WHY I CONTACTED YOU

My Name is Mrs. Anjali Kumar; I am a 45 years old woman without A Child I spent most of my married life here with my late husband. Mr. Kumar Rama, he died 2 months ago in northern region in India, he was killed by rebel in Assam village India on his way coming from village to Mumbai Immediately my husband's death, I was diagnosed with Kidney (Renal Cell) Cancer. Luckily he left everything in his name to me. I have decided to donate what I have inherited to God for charity to orphanage and building churches in your country, also assisting widows
 
I wish to support your cause for aiding the underprivileged and assisting the widows in the country the amount I am donating is a total Sum  of $10.000000) Ten million United state dollars. I feel much more peace of mind donating money to support your cause than to donate the money to my relatives, they are unbeliever and ungodly manner. I would prefer to promote the good work of mankind to God
 
I don't know if I will win my battle with cancer. I am going for an operation soon and At this point, it is uncertain whether I will survive the operation.In the event that I don't survive it, I would just like to wish you good luck with the funds that I want to deposit into your account. Unfortunately I am unable to take calls at this point in time due to the current turn of events in my life as my health has declined and I am unable to have the privilege of privacy as my relatives are always around me. I would just like to confirm that my lawyer and I have adjusted my will and now everything I have will be left to you in the event of my death. If I deceased, my lawyer will arrange to transfer the funds into your bank account. Please find my lawyers contact details below:
 
Full Name: Mark Mcmillan
 
Email: ( mcmillanm@yahoo.com )
 
Kindly contact Barrister Mcmillan with your information bellow
 
Full Name
 
Home address
 
Mobile Line
 
Account Information
 
Full bank Address
 
Copy of your international passport or National ID
 
Barrister has been instructed release a total Sum of $10 million USD upon receiving an email from you with the reference number I have provided below: This guarantees that the funds will solely be made available to you and nobody else. I guarantee that the whole process will run smoothly as Barrister mcmillan has been making his services available to me for over 20 years. However, I would appreciate your confidentiality in the matter until the funds have been released into your account.
 
Good luck with your cause and I trust that the funds I have donated will be well used to promote the well being of others. as soon as you receive this fund kindly take 20% from the total money as your percentage, while 80% will be used for charity works May the Lord bless you with health, wealth, abundance and happiness thank you?
 
Best Regards,
MS ANJALI

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