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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: Greetings to you <migonoflooz@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jryflo@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 12:31:29 +0000
Subject: CALVARY GREETINGS

Dear Good day,

I sent this mail praying for it to reach you in good health, since I
myself are in a very critical health condition in which I sleep every
night without knowing if I may be alive to see the next day. I am a
widow suffering from long time illness. I have some fundsI inherited
from my late husband, my Doctor told me recently that I would not last
due to the illness. Having known my condition, I decided to donate
this fund to a good person that will utilize it the way i am going to
instruct herein. I need you  claim this money and use it for Charity
works, for orphanages, widows and also build schools for less
privilege .

I accept this decision because I do not have any child who will
inherit this money after I die. Please I want your sincerely and
urgent reply  to know if you will be able to execute this project
please reply to jryflo@yahoo.com for more details


Thank you,

Mrs  Grace

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