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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: victoria morgan <ositanwachukwu021@gmail.com>
Reply-To: victoria10morgan@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2019 06:21:58 -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 of health, in which I sleep
every night, not knowing if I can live until the next day. I'm Mrs.
Victoria Morgan. And an aging widow suffers from a long illness. I have
some funds that I inherited from my deceased husband, the amount ($ 14.5
million). And I needed a very honest and sincere person, an individual 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 my family
member, just to save the house of God. I do this in order so that God will
forgive my sins and take my soul because these diseases have suffered so
much from me. My late husband made me realize that it is good to remember
In the shelter of the house of the widow and the needy poor people, He saw
me that day when he came, to visit the shelter, and asked for my hand in
marriage, I have to follow his steps and help shelter,

I do not want a situation where this money will be used godlessly. That is
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 my case, and I will be silent." I do not need any
telephone communication in this regard due to the state of my health and
the presence of relatives of my late husband around me, 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 checking the spam box, because most of these matches sometimes fall in
the SPAM folder.
Thank you.
Best wishes,
Victoria Morgan

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