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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.Emilly Olivier Jackman" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsejackman@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 22:44:22 +0200
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU?

Dear Friend,
 
Greetings in the name of God,Please let this not sound strange to you
for my only surviving lawyer who would have done this died early this
year.
 
I prayed and got your email id from your country guestbook.I am
Mrs.Emilly Olivier Jackman from London,I am 58 years old,i am suffering
from a long time cancer of the lungs which also affected my brain.From
all indication my conditions is really deteriorating and it is quite
obvious that, according to my doctors they have advised me that i may
not live for the next two months,this is because the cancer stage has
gotten to a very bad stage.
 
I was brought up from a motherless babies home, I was married to my late
husband for twenty years with a child,my husband died alongside with our
only child in a Plane crash on Monday the 7th of September 1998 GMT
14:22 UK while they were flying from New York to Geneva. Please see site
below for more information.
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/index.html Since his
death I decided not to re-marry,I sold all my inherited belongings and
deposited all the sum of $10,000,000.00 dollars with a Bank.
 
Presently, this money is still with the  bank and the management just
wrote me to come forward and claim my money because they have kept it
for so long or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to
receive it on my behalf since I can not come over because of my illness
or they get it confiscated.
 
Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital here in Manchester, UK,
where I have been undergoing treatment for cancer of the lungs. My
doctors have told me that I have only a few months to live.It is my last
wish to see that this money is invested to any organization of your
choice and distributed each year among the charity organization,the poor
and the motherless babies home.
 
I want you as God fearing person, to also use this money to fund
church,mosque, orphanages and widows,I took this decision, before i rest
in peace because my time will soon be up.
 
As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the
Bank.I will also issue you a letter of authority that will prove you as
the new beneficiary of my fund.
Provide me with your information so i can send it to the bank as the new
beneficiary and issue you a letter of authorization.
FULL NAMES:__________SEX: _____ AGE: ______MARITAL
STATUS:_______________COUNTRY: ______
CONTACT ADDRESS: ________________________PHONE NO#___________FAX
NO#_________________OCCUPATION:______________
Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein.Hoping
to hear from you soon.Email:mrsjackman@foxmail.com
 
Yours Faithfully
Mrs.Emilly Olivier Jackman

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