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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: "Apex Accountants" <info@apex-accountants.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2017 14:00:11 -0700
Subject: Urgent



Demark Loat Street,
93050 Kuching, Sarawak
Malaysia. E mail: lgelalam2@outlook.com
My Beloved,

I am Mrs. Mrs. Angela lambert now undergoing medical treatment. I am
married to Dr. Lambert who worked with South Africa embassy in Malaysia for
nine years before he died in the year 2006.
We were married for eleven years without a child. He died after a brief
illness that lasted for only four days .Before his death we were both born
again Christians. I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my
matrimonial home, which the Bible is against.

When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of 10.6 Million
USD with a Bank in Europe, this money is still with the Bank. Recently, my
Doctor told me that I would not Last for the next three
months due to cancer and what disturbs me most is my stroke.

Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to church or
better still a Christian individual that will utilize this money the
way I am going to instruct here in.

Get back to me for more details.

Mrs. Angela lambert
lgelalam@gmail.com


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