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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. Patricia Gunnarsson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <patr.r@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2019 02:36:02 -0700
Subject: God's Will

Dear Friend,

I am Mrs. Patricia Gunnarsson from Ireland, married to Late Engr George Gunnarsson {PhD} who worked with multinational oil and gas exploration company Tullow Oil plc in London, United Kingdom as a Drilling Rig Supplier for 19 years before he died on the 25th of August, 2013. We were married for twenty four years without a child. My husband died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. When my late husband was alive, we deposited the sum of 3,200,000 USD on his offshore account with Cahoot Bank London, United Kingdom and this fund is presently with the bank awaiting for the day that I will make use of it.

Recently, my Doctor told me that I would not last for the next three months due to my Lung cancer problem and what disturbs me most is my stroke. Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to church or better still a Christian individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct here in.

I am contacting you because I want a church or individual that will use this money to fund churches, orphanages and widows propagating the word Of God and to ensure that the house of God is maintained. I took this decision because I don’t have any child that will inherit this money.

I cannot rely on my family and closest relatives anymore, because they will never use the money the way that will please God instead they will used the money for their personal needs and I don't want that to happen.

I sincerely request for your assistance in this humanitarian work. I want the bank to transfer the fund to your bank account so that you will use 60% of the fund to help the following people: 1, Motherless babies. 2, churches. 3, Widows. 4, Disable people. And then use the remaining 40% of the fund for you and your family. If you will accept to do this humanitarian work, you will promised me that you will not disappoint me when the fund will be transferred to your bank account there in your country, and you will also assured me that you will use the 60% of the money for the said purpose.

I kept this deposit secret till date. I don't think I will need any telephone communication in this regard because of the confidentiality of this transfer.

Reply to me urgently if you are interested in this transaction so that I can give you all details about the bank and how the money would be transferred to your bank account for the said purpose.

Reply to my very confidential email address patr.r@yahoo.com

Await your responds

Mrs. Patricia Gunnarsson
Ireland

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