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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.Suzan Paulson" <lingaltshi@armstrongrefineries.com>
Reply-To: mrs.suzanp@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 14:41:48 +0700
Subject: My Beloved

Dearest,

My quest to locate a responsible person to bring my dreams to a
reality,hence l took this bold step to contact you through this medium
and I would not like you to take an offense that l am bothering you
since you do not know me neither have we met before.I am Mrs.Suzan
Paulson from Canada,wife to the late Anthony C. Paulson, I have no
family, no kids,I lost my husband and my only two kids in a motor
accident five years ago it's so sad for me right now, I am very ill with
cancer and my doctors says I have short time to live, I have decided to
give my wealth to an honest person that will use it to do charity work.I
have been suffering from cancer for years now and just recently, my
doctor diagnosed me and told me that I will not live more than next
three months. Having known this, I have to sell all my properties which
amounted about $5.5million which have been deposited with a Bank here in
Canada.

I have decided to donate this fund to charity, orphanage or an
individual that will utilize this money in a godly way. I want an
individual that will use this fund for charity, orphanages and widows
etc. I took this decision because I don't have any child that will
inherit this fund. As I do not want a situation whereby this money will
be used in an ungodly manner, Hence the reasons of taking this bold
decision. I am not afraid of death because l have lived a fulfilled
life. As it is right now, I don't need any telephone communication in
this regard because of my health condition and will want our dealing to
be on email conversation. I will give you all the details and directives
on how to claim the fund as soon as I receive your reply on this my
private email (mrssuzanpaulson@gmail.com)

N.B: Please note that any delay in your reply will give me room
tosourcing for another person.

Best regards,
Mrs.Suzan Paulson

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