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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. Elizabeth Talaat" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrselizabethtalaat01@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 05:10:00 +0700
Subject: God Be With You!

God Be With You!
 
 
Greeting in the name of our Lord Jesus, my name is Mrs. Elizabeth Talaat from Thailand. I am the wife of Late Ibrahim Saleh Talaat, My late husband died in an air crash on the 31st October 1999 in an Egyptian airline Boeing 990 with other passengers on board. You can confirm this fact from the website which was aired by the BBC WORLD NEWS (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm)
 
 
After the death of my husband i felt sick and was Diagnosed with Euphorically Cancer of the Lungs, according to my Doctor, my condition is really deteriorating and is quite obvious that I may not live long, because the cancer stage has gotten to a very severe stage. I needed someone that I can trust with a charity work, good Christian who can assist me do the work of God.
 
 
NOTE: At the moment, I cannot do anything on my own because of my health condition, therefore, I contacted you to seek your assistance for the work of God, and to assist me receive my late husband money that has been deposited with a security bank in Thailand as the next of kin. Also you need to know that the total amount been deposited with the security  bank in Thailand is the sum of USD$18, 000, 000, 00 Eighteen Million United State Dollars. Please all I need right now is to give my late husband Attorney an instruction to assist you make a change of ownership to your name, as the rightful next of kin to late Ibrahim Saleh Talaat and assist you secure some of the documents in your position. Please promised me that you will carry out this order by using the money to do the work of God helping the orphans, Less privilege and homeless all over the Europe, America, Asia And African because that has been my dreams and my late husband dreams. As soon as I hear back from you I will give you further instructi
 
 
Hark to this; I will like you to have $1,700.000.00 for your personal use and I am willing to donate the sum of $16,300,000.00 Million Dollars will be utilized in helping orphans, refugees, building of clinic, schools, helping widows and whatever to the glory of God. With deep regard to this charitable work, I delight rely on your good suggestions and good ideas for upright manifestation of the project in your country. I am hoping to uphold your insight over the formation of the project and its resumption in your great country.
 
 
Please, do not reply me if you have the intention of using this fund for personal use, rather than enhancement of the comfort of the Handicapped. Lastly, I want you/your home to be praying for me as regards my entire life and my health because I have come to find out since my spiritual birth lately that wealth acquisition without God in one's life is vanity upon vanity.
 
 
I will wait for your Response before I go ahead and inform my Lawyer about my intentions.
 
 
Remain Blessed,
Mrs. Elizabeth Talaat

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