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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. Lisa Kerr" <zibohanis@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 17:07:20 +0100
Subject: Re: Please get back to me in good faith

My dear,

I am Mrs. Lisa Kerr from Denmark a 59 years old woman undergoing
medical treatment now. I was married to late Mr. Johan Carr of NORECO
OIL A/S, Denmark and also and a seasoned contractor in Kuwait before
he past away on the 12th November 2016 in Kuwait.

We were married for eleven years without a child. He died after a
brief illness that lasted for only four days. After his death I
decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home
which is against my religion. we both have used most of our money to
help the less privileged all the time in most societies all over the
world.

When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of Thirty five
Millions United States Dollars with a Bank which I want to entrust ,
this money is still with the Bank. Recently, I have been diagnosed
with Esophageal cancer, It has defiled all forms of medical treatment,
and right now the doctor said I have only about a few months to live,
according to the medical experts.

Having known my condition I decided to donate the funds to any
individual or charity organizations that can be honest and utilize
this money the way I am going to instruct him or her to carry out the
distribution of the funds to the less privileged people in most part
of the world. If you interested and can be honest to handle this in
good faith, please get back to me as soon as possible so that I can
furnish you with more details on how to get this money from the bank
where it's deposited.

On your reply forward to me, your contact address and telephone
numbers to enable me forward it to the bank for the release of the
funds to you

Please get back to me in good faith for more details.

I hope to hear from you ASAP.

Your sincerely,

Mrs. Lisa Kerr

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