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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 Rose Banneth <wiliamb009@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsrosebanneth89@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2020 16:44:29 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: From Mrs Rose,


Dear friend,

Can you join me and help people?

It's my pleasure to have contact with you, based on the critical condition I find myself and my desire to will part of my property to the Orphans, Disable, blind, Old and poor people who have nothing to eat, although, it's not financial problem I have but my health, you might have know that cancer is not what to talk about at home I have been in the hospital for 5 months now I am Mrs Rose Banneth and I am married to Mr. Abaulkarim banneth who worked with Tunisia embassy in Burkina Faso for nine years before he died in the year 2008.We were married for eleven years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for five days.

Since his death I decided not to remarry. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of US$ 8.2million (Eight million two hundred thousand dollars) in a bank in Burkina Faso for me, Presently this money is still in bank. I want you to help me use this money for the poor people around you in your Country it is the Almighty God direction that I choose you to do this with your heart.

My Doctors told me that I don't have much time to live because of the cancer problem and i don t want to live this money in the bank for Government instead I decided to use it for Old people who cannot work again and Orphans who have nothing to eat because i am Orphan, Having known my condition I decided to hand over this fund to a responsible person that have fear of God to receive this money and use it for the needy instead of this money be forgotten to the bank. Can you have the time to do this? If so please, i want you to contact me here my private email address mrsrosebanneth89@gmail.com

I wait for your response.
My regards,
Mrs Rose Banneth
written from Hospital

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