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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 Rosanne Anderson <mrs.rosanneghanimanderson@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrs.yusufmanal@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 13:07:23 -0800
Subject: COMPENSATION

Dear Friend,

How are you I hope you are very fine with your entire family? If so
glory be to Almighty God.
I'm very happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from GREECE,
Presently i'm in GREECE for a better treatment and building of the
orphanage home projects with the total money.

Meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me
in transferring those funds and use it for the building of the
orphanage home and helping the less privilege.

Please contact my nurse in Burkina Faso, her name is Mrs. Manal Yusuf
, ask her to send you the compensation of $450,000.00USD which i have
credited with the BOA bank into an ATM card before i traveled for my
treatment, you will indicate your contact as my else's business
associate that tried to help me, but it could not work out for us, and
I appreciated your good efforts at that time very much. so feel free
and get in touched with the Nurse Mrs. Manal Yusuf (email:
mrs.yusufmanal@gmail.com) and instruct her the address where to send
the ATM card to you.

Please i am in the hospital here, i would not have much time to check
emails or respond to you, but in case you have any important message
do send me as an update, i might instruct the doctor to check it and
respond to you, meanwhile, once you received the ATM CARD, do not
delay to inform me.

Finally, remember that I had forwarded an instruction to the Nurse on
your behalf to deliver the ATM card to you, so feel free to get in
touch with her by email she will send the ATM card to you without any
delay.

Thank you and God bless you.

Yours fairly friend,
Mrs Rosanne Anderson

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