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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: Hitomi Eto <hitomie559@gmail.com>
Reply-To: hitomie569@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2020 14:01:20 +0300
Subject: Hello

Hello beloved,
I am Mrs. Hitomi the wife of late Mr. Paul. I am a Japanese. I found
your email when i was researching American medicine on Google. my late
husband working for twenty years in US Embassy Washington DC. before
he died in the year 2013.
We were married for 20 years without a child. My Husband died after
a brief illness that lasted for only two weeks. My Late husband
deposited the sum of $9.3 million dollars with a bank in Turkey. The
bank management just wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward to
sign for the release of this fund or rather issue a letter of
authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf if I can not come
over.
Presently, I'm in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment
for esophageal cancer. My doctor have told me that I have only a few
months to live. It is my last wish to see this money distributed to
charity organizations/poor people, Because my husband relatives and
friends have plundered so much of my wealth since my illness, I cannot
live with the agony of entrusting this huge responsibility to any of
them.
Please, I'm seeking for any honest person who will get the Funds from
the bank and Please, endeavor to use, 60% of this money for a Charity
organization and less privileged, and use 40% for yourself. I took
this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this
money and I don't want my husband's hard earned money to be misused by
his greedy relatives.
Due to the state of my health. I can not communicate by phone because
my illness have affected my throat. Please, assure me that you will
accept accordingly, kindly contact me,so that I can direct you to the
paying bank.
Regards
Hitomi

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