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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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Fraud email example:

From: "KATHRINE BRIDGE" <f.corsi@archiworld.it>
Reply-To: kathrinebridge576@rediffmail.com
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2018 02:58:07 -0700
Subject: I NEED YOUR RESPONSE

My dear

This letter may come to you as a surprise due to the fact that we have not met. I
have no intentions of causing you pains and i decided to contact you through this
medium. I got your contact through a personal search via the internet. As you read
this, i don't want you to feel sorry for me, because, I believe everyone will die
someday. My name is
kathrine bridge, i am a dying woman who have decided to donate
What I have to you/ church/charity organizations. i am 69 years old. I was
diagnosed with O esophageal Cancer for about 7 years ago, immediately after the
death of my husband. We lived peacefully together in America until his untimely
death. Of-course he left everything to me. I have not particularly lived my life
so well either, as i never had deep care for anyone. Though I am very rich, i was
never generous, i was always hostile to people and only focus on myself as that
was the only thing Cared for. If God gives me a second chance to come to this
world i would Live my life a different way from how i have

Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, i cannot do this myself any more. I
once asked members of my family to close one of my accounts and donate the money,
which i have there to charity organization in Bulgaria; they refused and kept the
money to themselves. They squandered the money on pleasure trips with women and
friends. I wonder why they do this. The last of my money which is the huge cash
deposit that I have with financial firm abroad. It was meant for oil explorations
in Venezuela, but due to my husbands death,we could not go on with. I want you to
help me collect this deposit and dispatched it to charity organizations in around you
And let them know that this generous donation came from me.
Am writing from my hospital bed where I wait for my time to come. I will be
going in for a major surgery in few days.I had to do this generosity , bearing
in mind if it is not successful, the doctors says its a 20% chance of survival
please pray for me.

I pray that God helps me I have taken this decision because I do not have any
child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are not inclined to
helping poor persons and i do not want my husband's hard earned money to be
misused or spent in the manner in which my late husband did not specify. At the
moment i cannot take any telephone calls right now due to the fact that my
relatives are in search of me and my health is bad. I wish you the best and may
the good God bless you abundantly, and please use the funds well and always
extend the good work to others. Please send your name, address, phone number, age,
occupation, country The bank Requires this information. Once i get the
information, i will forward a letter of authority to the bank stating that the
said be transferred to you. And a copy will be sent to you so that you can use it
as reference.

NB: I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality in this matter until The task is
accomplished as I don't want anything that will jeopardize my last wish.

I await your response.

Regards,

Kathrine Bridge (Mrs)

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