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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: elizabeth packer <bennethmark021@gmail.com>
Reply-To: elizabethpacker10@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2019 10:18:24 -0700
Subject: Good afternoon,Dear Beloved

I sent this letter with a prayer so that it reached you with good health,
since I myself am in a very critical state, in which I sleep every night,
not knowing if I can live until the next day. I'm Mrs. Elizabeth Packer.
And an aging widow suffers from a long illness. I have some funds that I
inherited from my late husband, the amount (16.5 million dollars). And I
needed a very honest and sincere person or cooperating organization that
would use this foundation for the work of humanity,

I want you to take 40% of the total amount of money for personal use. While
60% of the money goes to charity "people on the street and to help the
orphanage." I grew up as an orphan, and I have no one, like a member of my
family, just to save the house of God. I do this so that God will forgive
my sins and take away my soul, because these diseases have suffered it so
much. My late husband made me realize that it was good to remember in the
shelter of the house of the widow and the needy poor people saw me that day
when he came to visit the orphanage, and asked for my hand in marriage, I
must follow his steps and help the shelter

I do not want a situation where this money will be used shamelessly. That's
why I make this decision. I'm not afraid of death, so I know where I'm
going. I know that I will be in the bosom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says
that "the lord will fight with my battle, and I will be silent." In this
regard, I do not need a telephone connection due to the state of my health
and the presence around me of relatives of my late husband, who are always
trying to get this money from me, which my husband left for me. I do not
want them to know about this development. With God's help all things are
possible.

I found your email address in the personnel department database and decided
to contact you. Please, if you can use the tools for the work of humanity,
as I said here. To fulfill my late husband please
Try to set the spam box, because most of these matches sometimes fall into
the SPAM folder.
Thank you.
Best wishes.
Elizabeth Packer.

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