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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: Rita Williams <wir4478@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ritawi668@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 00:02:38 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: De la Sra. Rita Williams

Querido en Cristo,


Soy la Sra. Rita Williams, me casé con el Sr. David Williams, durante 19 años sin un hijo y mi esposo murió en 2007. Me estoy comunicando con usted para que sepa mi deseo de donar la suma de (6,500,000 dólares) (Seis millones quinientos mil dólares que heredé de mi difunto esposo a la caridad, actualmente el fondo todavía está en el banco. Recientemente, mi médico me dijo que tengo una enfermedad grave que es un problema de cáncer y que no duraré los próximos 2 meses.
Quiero una persona que use este fondo para orfanatos, escuelas, iglesias, viudas, propagando la palabra de Dios en su país.
Responda para obtener más información y también envíeme la siguiente información, como se detalla a continuación.
Tu nombre completo ..........
Habla a ...........
Foto ...............
Siendo bendecido
Tu hermana en cristo

La señora rita williams

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