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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.Teresita Sy Coson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <teresitasycoson34563@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 04:46:27 +0100
Subject: Charity Donation 10/21/2019

My beloved in Christ,

Donation of US$5.5Million United States Dollars for charity Less privileged peoples orphanages work., building of hospitals and also for the assistance of the poor widows, Motherless babies, Charity organization, CHRISTIAN OR MUSLIM.

I need a very honest and sincere Individual or corporate organization that will use the fund for humanitarian helps I found your email address from the Human resources data base and i decided to contact you. Please if you would be able to use the funds for the work of humanity as I have stated here to fulfill my wishes, kindly reply me on my private email address ( mrsteresitasycoson@yahoo.com )for more details so that we can proceed further immediately.


Remain Blessed!,
Mrs.Teresita Sy Coson
vice chair of SM Investments Corporation,
one of Philippines' largest publicly
traded holding companies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresita_Sy_Coson

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