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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 Rowe" <legal@mega-in.com>
Reply-To: paulinar@vivaldi.net
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2019 12:08:38 -0700
Subject: ***SPAM*** My Dear Beloved

My Dear Beloved,

Greetings to you and your family. I am Mrs. Paulina Rowe A widow to late Mr. Johnson Rowe of Aberdeenshire, Scotland " I am 68 years old, my late Husband was a Director with the Construction Company here before his Sudden Death in this Country's during the Scottish Referendum of September 2014, but before his death, he Deposited the Sum of¨$4 Million US dollars with one of the Bank here in Amsterdam, with my name and i am suffering from pancreatic cancer, My condition is really bad and it is quite obvious that I won't live more than two months according to my doctors, and i have no Child who is going to take care of this Huge amount of Money, I am willing to donate the sum of $4,Million US dollars for you to help widows and the less privileged ones in the rural and urban areas and to carry out charity works in your Country and around the World on my Behalf

All I need is s trustworthy person who will make judicious use of this money for the purpose it is meant for, and I hope you won't betray the trust.

God will definitely bless you as you join the course and work of alleviating the sufferings of the poor and less privilege in the world.

If you can be trusted to handle this, send the following details.

Your full name ................
Address...................
Age.......................
Occupation................
Telephone.................
Email address.............

Waiting for your Urgent Responds.
Remain blessed in the name of the Lord.

Yours
[Mrs. Paulina Rowe]
paulinar@vivaldi.net



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