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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. Elizabeth Smith .G <elizabeth@smith.com>
Reply-To: es657392@gmail.com
Date: 26 Feb 2020 18:26:23 +0100
Subject: Await your respond

May the peace of God be with you and your family? I know it will be a great surprise reading from me today but consider this a divine Intervention as a pastor explained to my understanding. My name is Mrs. Elizabeth Smith .G, a widow from Oklahoma USA and am writing you from my sick bed because i have been fighting with cancer and the doctors says i have only few weeks left to live. I want to entrust my money ($8.5 million USD) to your care for charity purposes to help the less privileged as my late husbands relatives wants me dead so that they will claim all  of my late husband inheritance funds that I have worked for.

I will explain to you more about myself and what you need to do with the funds once you receive it. Please respond to me soon as my health is pretty bad and my doctor says i will be moved to the intensive care center anytime soon. Have a blessed day and please do pray for me. God bless you.

Yours Mrs. Elizabeth Smith .G
Email: ( es657392@gmail.com )

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