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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: "FROM MRS. FLORENCE WOODY" <florencewoody227@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "FROM MRS. FLORENCE WOODY" <florencewoody422@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 22:55:27 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: PLEASE I NEED YOUR HELP. PLEASE KINDLY GET BACK TO ME


Hellomy beloved in the Lord.


First, I apologize using this medium to reach you for a transaction of thismagnitude. I am Mrs. Florence Woody, from republic of Ireland, born in thestate of Ohio USA. I am legally married to Mr. Richard Woody, a south Africacitizen born brought up in Switzerland, I live in Switzerland with my husbandfor 32 years before we move down to south Africa in 1985 after my husbandretirement in 1974, I am 74 years old by the grace of god, I am a new Christianconvert, suffering from long time cancer of the breast. All indication from mydoctor that my conditions is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious thati wouldn't live more than two months, my dear husband was involved with theJanuary 2000 Kenya airways plane crashed as you can see on the news line website. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/ hi/ Africa/6627485.stm I choose you afterviewing your profile and i have confident in you because i have prayed. I amwilling to donate the sum of $20.5m U.S dollars, to the less privileged. Maythe grace of our lord the love of God and the fellowship of god be? With youand your family?
I await urgent reply.
Remain blessed in the name of the Lord.
Mrs. Florence Woody (florencewoody422@gmail.com)


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