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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. Elizabeth Washington" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <elizabethwashington67@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 01:44:06 -0700
Subject: the resident doctor will help you

Good day,

Greetings to you, and sorry if this message came to you as a surprise. My name is Mrs. Elizabeth Washington 78years old, a citizen of United Kingdom and a business woman residing in North Carolina, USA. I am a widow and I found your email address through my husband's internet data (late Mr. James F. Washington).

I am presently admitted at the hospital suffering from cancer for more than 2years. I have some funds deposited at a security company in Cotonou Benin Republic which I inherited from my late husband, the amount of four million euros (4.8 Million Euros). I wish to know if I can trust you to use this funds to carry out a charity project on my husbands name because this have been his dream to start up a project on behalf of the less privileged ones before his death.

I do not have the strength to further send emails at the moment but the resident doctor will help you with details on my behalf because every document and information have been given to him just incase i am no more on earth.

I wish you good luck and a wonderful day ahead and contact me through my private e-mail address now (elizabethwashington67@yahoo. com)

Yours in the Lord,
Mrs. Elizabeth Washington

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