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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.LILIAN ORITZ" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsoritz@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2017 04:14:29 -0800
Subject: Greetings

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,I am Mrs Lilian Ortiz, I am 56 years old from Ireland . I am, now a new Christian convert,suffering from long time,cancer of the breast. My late husband was killed during ,the Gulf war, and during the period of our marriage we ,had a son who was also killed in a cold blood during the Gulf war.My late husband was very wealthy and after his death,I inherited all his business and wealth.I am willing to distribute my funds to charity organizations in your country through you the motherless baby homes,needy, poor,widows. My personal physician told me that I may not live for more than three months Lastly,I want you to be praying for me as regards my entire life and my health because I have come to find out since my spiritual birth lately that wealth acquisition without Jesus Christ in one's life is vanity upon vanity, Reply as soon as possible. Mrs Lilian Ortiz

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