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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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Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: "Quimby, Judi" <Judi.Quimby@swic.edu>, "dyer.mrsalex@yandex.com"
<dyer.mrsalex@yandex.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2017 12:51:53 +0000
Subject: ?


Dear Beloved

My Names is Mrs Alex Dyer, I am a 60 years old Widow, and I am from North Yorkshire England, I moved from North Yorkshire years ago were i now reside in Spain Andalucia,
Due to my suffering from cancer of the blood and I undergo surgery every 2weeks.

I have decided to donate the sum of $3,500,000.00 (Three Million Five Hundred Thousand United Dollar in your name as one of my charity works).
I was one of the winner in the National Lottery Jackpot of £5,957,937 in 2003, I and my husband has so many investment until he passed on.

This gift from God to me makes me humble and my entire family has agreed to do the will of God.
I may not know you but I believe you were chosen by God to receive my cash grant donation of $3,500,000.00 USD. You must be a God fearing
individual, I am a catholic and i believe that Good things happens to those people who wait and also believe.

Be assured you stand no risk as this is my money i am willing out but should be put to proper use.


My donation of $3,500,000.00 may not be much to you but i believe it will go a long way to improving your standard of living like my National Lottery did to me,
I would like you to fill the below and return back to me and my entire household will be glad for you to visit us after my donation gets to you.
Do this on time so you can contact the payout bank for further directives to receive donation.

Below is the details you need to fill and forward.

Name:
Address:
Direct Telephone:
Age:
Sex:
Occupation:

I do not want to ask you for your ID as we do not want to leave an impression in your mind that we want to steal your identity
I do hope that you will be able to use the money wisely and judiciously over there in your country.
we will employ you to do what you can to alleviate the level of poverty in your region and also try to enhance the standard of living of as many people as you can because that is
the only objective of donating this money to you in the first place.

Once i receive your details my attorney shall draft a power of Attorney in your name so you can forward to the paying bank along side the Deposit Receipt.

May the Good lord bless your heart to be a blessing to your family and your society as soon as my donation gets to you.

Regards

Mrs Alex Dyer


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