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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: Jang mi Becker <girish@neelikon.com>
Reply-To: jangmibecker@yahoo.com
Date: 17 Jun 2019 18:50:41 -0700
Subject: Greetings to you

Greetings to you my friend,

How are you?

    I know this may come as a surprise to you but I assure you that I am a living and breathing human being who has  seen all the bad sides of human nature. I was born  and raised  in Korea before I moved to the United States. I am Mrs Jang mi Becker wife to late Mr Michael  Becker.  My husband worked with the Brunei Shell Petroleum  Company  Sdn Bhd (BSP) for twenty years before he died in the year 2010. We were married for ten years without a child. My Husband died after a brief illness that lasted for only two weeks. Since his death, I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home.  When my late husband was alive we deposited the sum  of $8,500,000.00  Million United States Dollars with a Bank.

  The Bank  management just wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward to sign for the release of this fund or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf if I can not come over. I was diagnosed with Severe Glioblastoma in 2012, barely two years after I lost my husband Michael  . Since then I have been fighting for my life but so far my tests and chemo-therapy have not yielded any positive results. I have spent thousands of US dollars on new drugs and test to no avail. Now my doctors tell me the cancer has spread to other parts of my brain and that I have only a few months to live.  Right now I have lost my ability to speak but I still have the ability to read and write. 

It is my last wish to see this money distributed to charity. Relatives and friends have plundered so much of my wealth since my illness; I cannot live with the agony  of entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them. That is why I need your assistance .I'm  seeking for any honest person who will get the Funds from the Bank. And will use this money to fund the poor, orphanages, widows and charity organizations. I don’t care if you are young or old; I just want to do some good before I depart from this earth. I don't have any children and I don't want my husband's hard earned money to be misused by his greedy relatives, hence, the reason for taking this bold decision. I am not afraid of death. I know where I am going if i die. I can not communicate by phone because my illness has affected my ability to speak.

I prefer to communicate by email due to my bad health so that I can send you a letter and explain further.
My e-mail is: jangmibecker@yahoo.com 

I anticipate your urgent  reply.

Thank and God bless You!

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