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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 Muriel Kabba <murielkabba00@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Mrs Muriel Kabba <murielkabba@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 11:49:05 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Hello Child of God



Hello Child of God,

Based on your good profile i saw,I want you to solicit help in fulfilling my wish to help charity poor needy in your country; I am Mrs Muriel Kabba. I’m writing you this letter is because I want you to stand as my beneficiary to the sum of my $4.5 Million US Dollars, I don’t have any biological child of my own who will inherit this money neither do I have any adopted child, My relatives and friends have plundered so much of my wealth since my illness and I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them anymore.

I have decided to divide the part of my husband's wealth, to contribute to the development of the Churches in Africa,Asia, America and Europe. I selected you after visiting the website and I prayed over it. I am willing to donate out the sum of {Four Million,Five Hundred Thousand United States dollars} to the less privileged.

If I receive your reply, I will give you more details!

Expecting to your message soonest.

Thanks.

Yours Sister in Christ,
Mrs Muriel Kabba

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