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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.donnabrown141@yahoo.com
Reply-To: mrs.donnabrown171@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 00:19:30 -0800
Subject: Smile god has remembered you now


Smile god has remembered you now. .

How are you doing today? i hope the good mercy of god is upon you and your
lovely family. I know this message might look strange or surprise to you,
but please do not disregard this message because i come in peace, with the
help of god our father who directed me to you in my dream. I am Mrs. Donna
Brown, I got your contact on my personal search on a reliable trustworthy
person to will my fund to, and you were reviewed to me by the spirit of god=

in my dream. Base on that, i have willed the only fund left in my account
to you, as i was directed in my dream by god, Please, all i want you to do
is to use my fund for a charity organization orphanage home for the lesser
privilege in your home country.

Secondly, if you want to know more details of why I have willed the only
funds left in my account to you, please do reply me and i will explain more=

in details to you.

Thank you as I await your response immediately on my private email
( mrs.donnabrown121@gmail.com ).

Mrs.Donna Brown.
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