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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. Julia Baum." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <juliabaum760@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 14:35:26 -0800
Subject: HAPPY NEW YEAR

Hello,



Happy New Year to you and your family, I hope you all are doing well
spiritually and otherwise. This email is coming to you because of your
engagement and contribution in the house of God and humanity.




I am Mrs. Julia Baum from Germany. I'm a widow and I was married to
late Mr. BAUM MICHAEL of Germany, the CEO of BAUM CONSTRUCTION
COMPANIES. I am 67 years old, strong in faith and committed to
Christian work. Presently I am suffering from a long time cancer of
the breast which has affected my entire body system after like Three
different surgeries . The cancer has reached a critical stage
according to report, so my doctors have courageously informed me that
I would not live past the next two to three months even though I still
believe in the miracle power of our Lord Jesus. I was raised in an
orphanage Home, and was lucky to be married to my late husband for
twenty-eight years without a child.




My husband and I are true Christians and so after his death I decided
not to re-marry; he died in a fatal auto crash in October 2011. After
the death of my husband, I sold all my inherited belongings from him
and deposited all the cash proceeds amounting to $24,750,000.00 USD
(Twenty Four Million, Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States
Dollars, with a Bank because I could not function effectively to
invest into businesses or look after my late husband’s business after
his death due to my ill health.




Presently, the money is deposited with a commercial Bank, and I have
received a letter from the management of the holding bank urging me to
come forward and run the account deposit having kept it for such a
long period of time or rather invest the proceeds into Foreign
Exchange Stocks or real estate business with the bank, this was the
advice of my account officer. But honestly I am not willing and not
healthy enough to look into it since I do not have much time to spend
here on earth as a result of my illness hence my decision to DONATE
the funds to CHARITY AND THE LESS PRIVILEGED. I have been undergoing
treatment for some months now but there has been no improvement.



It is my last wish to see that this money is invested into a
CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION which will be named after me “JULIA BAUM CHILD
CARE WELFARE FOUNDATION”; So I am seeking for a God fearing person who
will also use part of this money to support the Gospel and the
Churches, the Needy and Widows in the aged homes. I must tell you that
this was a very hard decision, but I had to take a bold step towards
this since I have no life left in me anymore, and I hope you will help
me see my last wishes come true. Some of this money will also be used
to take care of Elderly Women (less privileged ones) who are suffering
from cancer of the early stages.



If you are willing to take up on this project, please contact me
urgently so that I will write my WILL to appoint you as my next of kin
(Administrator) to my estate which will be used to establish the
“JULIA BAUM CHILD CARE WELFARE FOUNDATION”.




You must assure me that you will act accordingly as I have stated
herein. I hope to hear from you soonest if you are willing to help the
less privileged amongst us and accomplishing my last wishes.


kindly get back me.



Yours in Christ,

Mrs. Julia Baum.

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