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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: "Helping Hand" <admin@yelffoundation.org>
Reply-To: shumejdashonda@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 14:27:32 -0700
Subject: Re:Charity Donation.

Attention: Complement of The Seasons,

Please accept my sincere apologizes if my email does not meet your business or personal ethics,It is by the grace of God that I received Christ,knowing the truth and the truth have set me free.Having known the truth I had no choice than to do what is lawful and right in the sight of God for eternal life and in the sight of man for witness of God?s mercy and glory upon my life.

I am Mrs Sarah Shumejda from San Antonio Texas.I am married to late Mr.John Shumejda who was the President of agricultural equipment giant.AGCO Corp, who perished on the 4th of January 2002 in a plane
crash in Birmingham. Please View the Website below:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/1742404.stm

We were married for twenty-seven years without a child,Since his death I decided not to re-marry.When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of ($90,000,000,00)(ninety Million US.Dollars)with a bank in
Texas here and now the management of the bank have just wrote me to come forward to receive the money or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody or Charity to the Motherless children and the Needy however that decision of my husbank was to give all we have both labour to donation, am ready to do all this because it is my husband last wish we are raising 18 comrade people that will receive 5 million$ each and they can receive the money to help the less previlege in there states or laction.

I am presently with my laptop in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment of the lungs/cancer, I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a few months to live.It is my last wish to see that this money is invested and at the end of every year distributed among charity organization less previledge and the needy. And for your compensation in paticipating, as soon as the money enters your account take 30% of the total money for yourself for your committment, while 70% will be for the work of GOD charity donations.

I took this decision because i know that there are a lot of poor people suffering from different kind of disease and nobody to come to their aid.With God all things are possible. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of an accredited bank attorney that will process all kind of legal documents proven that you where chosen by
the Mother Cheerful Donation and also issue you a letter of authority and certificate of claim that will prove you as the new beneficiary of this fund. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated here. I await your urgent reply you can provide your (full name telephone number /cell number) for easy communication.

My email contact is (sarasokk@outlook.com) Tel: +1646-535-6841 text me its preferable i cant talk too long
Yours in Christ,
Sarah Shumejda

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