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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: "David Richardson Jnr" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <david.richardson.jnr@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 23:02:50 -0800
Subject: Hello...Urgent Pls ..

To whom it may concern
Dear,
LETTER OF ASSISTANCE WITH BENEFIT

My name is DAVID RICHARDSON JNR , I am 66 years old, I am a successfully business man until about 1 years 4 months ago that I was diagnosed of POSTRATE CANCER. Since then I have been thinking of what to do with all my aquired wealth, so I decided to help the LESS PRIVILEGE , MOTHERLESS CHILDREN and the SICK ,with 80 percent of my total wealth, Meanwhile I have no kids and I have inherited so much from my late father ,so I need someone TRUSTWORTHY and GOD FEARING to assist me sincerely with achieving my last heart desire. NOTE..The rest 20 percent of the wealth will be yours after you must have helped me disburse accordingly the 80 percent that will be entrusted to you.

I will appreciate your sincere readiness and urgent concern towards assisting me with the above Charity work.

If you are interested,kindly forward your reply to my private email for further instructions: david.richardson.jnr@gmail.com


Your Sincerely
David Richardson Jnr

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