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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. Tina Anderson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <andersontina950@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2017 07:29:21 -0700
Subject: Calvary Greetings in the name of the LORD

Good day Child of God,

Calvary Greetings in the name of the LORD Almighty and Our LORD JESUS CHRIST
the giver of every good thing. Good day and compliments of the seasons, i
know this letter will definitely come to you as a huge surprise, but I
implore you to take the time to go through it carefully as the decision you
make will go off a long way to determine my future and continued existence.
I am Tina Anderson aging widow of 67 years old suffering from long time
illness. I have some funds I inherited from my late husband, tue sum of
(12.5 Million Dollars) and I needed a very honest and God fearing who can
withdraw this money then use the funds for Charity works. I WISH TO GIVE
THIS FUNDS TO YOU FOR CHARITY WORKS. I found your email address from the
internet after honest prayers to the LORD to bring me a helper and i decided
to contact you if you may be willing and interested to handle these trust
funds in good faith before anything happens to me.

I accept this decision because I do not have any child who will inherit this
money after I die. I want your urgent reply to me so that I will give you
the deposit receipt which the COMPANY issued to me as next of kin for
immediate transfer of the money to your account in your country, to start
the good work of God, I want you to use the 40/percent of the total amount
to help yourself in doing the project. I am desperately in keen need of
assistance and I have summoned up courage to contact you for this task, you
must not fail me and the millions of the poor people in our todays WORLD.
This is no stolen money and there are no dangers involved,100% RISK FREE
with full legal proof. Please if you would be able to use the funds for the
Charity works kindly let me know immediately.I will appreciate your utmost
confidentiality and trust in this matter to accomplish my heart desire, as I
don't want anything that will jeopardize my last wish. I want you to take
40 percent of the total money for your personal use while 60% of the money
will go to charity.I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality and trust
in this matter to accomplish my heart desire, as I don't want anything that
will jeopardize my last wish. Please kindly respond for further details.
reply to my E-mail:andersontina950@gmail.com

Thanks and God bless you,
Mrs. Tina Anderson

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