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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. Fatou Robinson Coulibaly" <annesenft006@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsfatourobinson39@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2020 06:40:46 +0100
Subject: Beloved In Christ, Use This Fund For God Charity Work

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I bring peace and love to you from God and our lord Jesus Christ.It
is by the grace of God that I received Christ,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 Gods
mercy and glory upon my life.

I know this proposal will definitely come to you as a huge surprise,
but I implore you to take your time to go through it carefully as the
decision you make will go a long way to determine my future.

I am Mrs. Fatou Robinson an ageing widow of 60 years old suffering
from long time illness breast Cancer and Cancer of the lungs.I have
some funds which I inherited from my late husband, the sum of USD $4.7
Million which my late husband deposited with a Security Company here
and I needed a very honest and God fearing person who can receive this
funds for Charity works.

Please if you would be able to use the funds for the Charity works,
please kindly let me know immediately. Please kindly respond quickly
for further details if you can handle this task. Pls send this
information's of yours,so that i will present you to the Security
Company as my partner whom i will want the Company to transport this
box which contains this money and other of my family valuables to you
in your country for family use.

(1) Your Full name...................
(2) Your Full address................
(3) Your telephone/Fax Numbers.......
(4) Your Age/Occupation..............

All response should be directed to my personal email address at (
mrsfatourobinson39@gmail.com )
Regards,
Mrs. Fatou Robinson Coulibaly

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