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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: Emily Brown <EMILYBROWN13@t-online.de>
Reply-To: "emilybrown120@yahoo.co.jp" <emilybrown120@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2017 15:52:18 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: In gutem Glauben, bin ich Emily. In good faith,


Grüße. Ich bin Frau Emily Brown eine Witwe zu spät Engr.Robert Brown, ich
bin 57 Jahre alt und leiden unter Bauchspeicheldrüsenkrebs. Mein Zustand
ist wirklich schlecht und es ist ganz offensichtlich, dass ich nicht mehr
als drei Monate nach meinem Arzt leben werde.
Ich bin bereit, eine Spende von 2.5 Millionen Dollar zu machen. Das Geld
ist alles, für das wir gearbeitet haben. Ich möchte es spenden, um den
armen Witwen, der Kirche Gottes und den weniger privilegierten und
Waisenhäusern in deinen ländlichen Gebieten zu helfen und andere
gemeinnützige Werke durchzuführen. Wenn ich von Ihnen höre, werde ich Ihnen
nähere Angaben über den Fonds geben. Bleibe gesegnet. Voor details die u
moet weten.

Freundliche Grüße,
Mrs.Emily Brown.

I hope my message meets you in peace, I am. Mrs. Emily Brown a widow to
late Engr.Robert Brown I am 57 years old, suffering from pancreatic cancer.
My condition is really bad and it is quite obvious that i won't live long
according to my doctors. In as much as i am not afraid of death because i
found God.I am willing to make a donation through you in other to help the
poor. I will give you more details on it when i heard from you. thank you.

sincerely,
Mrs. Emily Brown.


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