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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: "Mr Amanico Ortega" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ortegamramanico@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 May 2019 07:09:33 -0700
Subject: Charity From Mr Amancio Ortega

Greetings to you, it is categorically cleared that you have emerged as
our beneficiary.
Contact us at this email for your claim:
Rev Father Daniel Beckham
Email: danbexkcfo@gmail.com
I Mr.Amancio Ortega and my wife Rosalia fashion businessman and founding chairman of the Inditex fashion group,of Zara clothing showrooms around the world,I and my wife Rosalia mapping out this donation funds every Year to 20 countries all over the world where our company is been located in the world,
My wife and I decided to donate the sum of $2,000,000,00 USD to you as part of our charity project to improve the lot of 20 luckyindividuals all over the world from our $16.5 Billion Usd I and My Wife Mapped out to help people before she died. We prayed and searched over the internet for assistance because i saw your profile on Microsoft email owners list and picked you. Rosalia my wife and i have decided to make sure this is put on the internet for the world to see. My wife has cancer and she died at Colchester regional hospital, my wife just didn't die but she was a great person and I miss her so much and this is why I have decided to do one thing I promised her forever.
You see after taken care of the needs of our immediate family members, before she died we decided to donate the remaining of our Billions to other individuals around the world in need, the local fire department, the red cross, Haiti, hospitals in Truro where Rosalia  underwent her cancer treatment, and some other organizations in Asia and Europe that fight cancer,
We have kept just 40% of the entire sum to ourselves for the remaining days because,I am sick and am writing you from hospital computer because I don't  know when I will die. To facilitate the payment process of the funds ($2,000,000.00 USD) which have been donated solely to you, you are to send your below information to your assigned claims agent in USA,
Rev Father Daniel Beckham
Email: danbexkcfo@gmail.com
And Also Send The Following Information As Listed Below.
1. Your Full Name:
2. Phone And Fax Number:
3. Address To Send The donation funds To:
4. Your Age And Current Occupation:
So that HE can forward your payment information to you immediately. I am hoping that you will be able to use the money wisely and judiciously  over there in your country. Please, you have to do your part to also  alleviate the level of poverty in your region, help as many as you can help once you have this money in your personal account because, that is the only objective of donating this money to you in the first place. I like to re-assure you of  the legitimacy of this services as we will not be involved in any fraudulent act and will never be.
Use the money wisely, we only want to feel good by helping people this time of the year, this is the only thing that makes my wife happy too even now that she is not here with me anymore, we have too much to give  away as I only have a few months left on earth.
God bless you.
Thanks
Mr.Amancio Ortega

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