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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.Hannah David Wilson. " <mrjamesobed03@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Mrs.HannahDavidWilson001@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2021 21:49:19 +1100
Subject: May God bless you and your family.

Hello My Dear.


Please do not feel disturbed for contacting  you in this regard, It
was based on the critical health condition I find myself in.  My name
is Mrs. Hannah   David Wilson, a widow and I’m suffering from brain
tumor disease and this illness has gotten to a very bad stage, I
married my husband for Ten years without any family members and no
child.  My husband died after a brief illness that lasted for a few
days.

Since the death of my husband, I decided not to remarry again, When my
late husband was alive he deposited the sum of  ($ 11.000.000 Eleven
million dollars.) with the Bank. Presently this money is still in the
bank. And My  Doctor told me that I don't have much time to live
because my illness has gotten to a very bad stage, Having known my
condition I  decided to entrust over the deposited fund under your
custody to take care of the less-privileged ones therein your country
or position, which i believe that you will utilize this money the way
I am going to instruct herein.


However all I need and required from you is your sincerity and ability
to carry out the transaction successfully and fulfill my final wish in
implementing the charitable project as it requires absolute trust and
devotion without any failure and I will be glad to see that the bank
finally release and transfer the fund into your bank account in your
country even before I die here in the hospital, because my present
health condition is very critical at the moment everything needs to be
process rapidly as soon as possible.


It will be my pleasure to compensate you as my Investment
Manager/Partner with 35 % percent of the total fund for your effort in
handling the transaction, 5 % percent for any expenses or processing
charges fee that will involve during this process while 60% of the
fund will be Invested into the charity project there in your country
for the mutual benefit of the orphans and the less privileges ones.


Meanwhile I am waiting for your prompt response, if only you are
interested in further details of the transaction and execution of this
humanitarian project for the glory and honor of God the merciful
compassionate. Kindly email me via my private email
(Mrs.HannahDavidWilson001@gmail.com)

May God bless you and your family.
Regards,
Mrs. Hannah David Wilson.
written from Hospital.

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