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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 debbie freeman" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsdebbiefreeman2020@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2021 08:38:45 -0800
Subject: ***SPAM*** Beloved Friend 2-1-2021

Beloved Friend,

My name is Mrs. Debbie Freeman, married to Dr. Johnson Freeman, originally from Utah Usa.He was a cardiothoracic surgeon for twenty-six years before he died in 2014.

We have been married for years with no children. He died from a short illness lasting a few days. I am sending you this message because he left some funds with a bank in the UK with my name as next of kin and the amount is $25.8million Usd with Gold And Diamond, I will appreciate your cooperation in using this money for humanitarian and charitable services.

I was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2016, just two years after my husband died. After being diagnosed, I have occasionally been to various cancer treatment centers, but am now permanently locked up in a hospital bed.

Recently my doctor made it clear that I was no longer responding to medication, indicating that I had little time to live due to the disease.

Knowing my condition I have decided to entrust this fund to your care, if you can use it wisely to create a charity project.

I know that I will not survive this disease and that there is nothing I can do on this sick bed, but my quest to use the fund in this way as my late husband wishes prompted me to contact you through this media.

And I can no longer count on family and next of kin. because they didn't show responsibility when I gave them a reasonable amount to distribute during this pandemic, instead they shared it among themselves.

Therefore, I sincerely ask for your help, as my health is no longer promising, to accept this benevolence for the less privileged, to reorganize their standard of living.

Please, I need your sincere and urgent reply to see if you will be available for this service.
I'm waiting for your answer. in this email( mrsdebbiefreeman2020@gmail.com)

Best regards
Mrs Debbie Freeman

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