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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: <andrew.campbell@hispavista.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2017 18:57:28 +0200
Subject: Greetings my dear

Greetings my dear

I know this may come as a surprise, Please
kindly pay attention to this message; although
we have never met before but someone must be
choose, this is no spam, It's by his grace to
come across you to send this message. I know
also that you will be amazed at the level of
trust that I am willing to place in a person
that I have never seen nor spoken with.

My name is Rev. Fr. Andrew Campbell; I have been
a catholic priest for over 25 years. I had my
first surgery on the March, 2014 and the Doctors
report defined that I cannot live longer; I had
a serious bleeding after I had an
operation early December which I cannot survived
because the severe was too much on me. I have
decided to give you all the money which was
deposited in my bank account by a dying elderly
woman in my congregation the total sum
of $11,970,000.00 (Eleven million Nine Hundred
and seventy Thousand US DOLLARS).

I want you to use this funds to build a
charitable home for less privileges in your
country, help the needy and also help your
family members. I took this decision because I
was raised in an Orphanage so I don't have any
relatives. Presently, I'm been hospitalized in
Cabinet Medical le Sacre Coeur, Benin Republic,
where I am placed into treatment but this
situation have no improvement, That's why I
decided to contact you to use part of the
money to build charitable organization on my
name in your great country. Respond to my
alternation Email: (andrewcampbell@outlook.fr),
to give you directive on how to receive the
money from the bank.

Remain bless,

Rev. Fr. Andrew Campbell


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