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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 Aviles" <rs5248285@gmail.com>
Reply-To: avilesm23@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2021 08:52:06 -0700
Subject: Hello Dear,


Hello Dear,

My names is Mrs. Rosa Karina Aviles, I am from Philippines but currently
stays in North California Hospital Medical Centers in USA for treatment, I
am 49 years aging window suffering from blood cancer disease. I was
diagnosed and my doctor said I have some few weeks to live, So I decided to
donate some funds which my husband and i made from Foundation . I am
married to Mr. David Aviles, the formal Ambassador of Philippine to Senegal
and the CEO of DRS BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY in the Philippines
before he died in The typhoon natural disaster that hit Hong-Kong and China
on Sept 16, 2018, during one of his business trip to Hong-Kong which you
might have heard or seen in the media. Below is the you-tube video click of
the incident or copy and paste on your browser:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc7ACyXGhrI
.
I am happy to know you, but God knows you better and he knows why he has
directed me to you at this point, so do not be afraid. I am writing this
mail to you with heavy sorrow in my heart, this massage mighty come to you
as surprise but i chose to reach you through email because it still remains
the fastest medium of communication,if you get this mail then your email
was selected after a spin ball by GOOGLE INC asan influential person.

When my husband was alive he deposited the sum of ($ 4.5 million) four
million five hundred thousand dollar suspense account in the bank London,
Currently, the fund is still in the bank, Knowing my condition, i am a
dying woman and i decided to donate what I have to the lives of orphans,
destitute, disabled and other forms of assignable problems in your country
and to other countries .

I took this decision because I do not have any child that will inherit this
money and I do not want my husband’s people to inherit the fund because
they took my husband construction company from me and wish me dead because
I had no child for their son after 25 years of marriage and i don't want my
husband’s efforts to be used in an ungodly manner. That’s why I’m taking
this decision, My husband told me never to hand this work to any body that
is related to me or close to me because if i do it like that, it will not
work to the glory of God and that is why i have come to choose you after my
prayers because we never know each other before and we never meet before, i
hope that God will accept this sacrifice and accept my spirit to rest in
his bosom of grace when i depart from this world .

I do not need a telephone communication in this regards, because of my ill
health condition but to clear every doubt , you can call to speak with me
through the doctors Telephone at(+1 716-919-7941), You can call only on
Saturdays by 2.PM North California time, I want your urgent reply so that
I will give you the bank contact information in London where the fund is
deposited for immediate transfer of the money to your account in your
country to start the good work of God,

To be very honest with you, this money i have opened-up to you is totally
genuine and 100% risk-free. I am absolutely assuring you that no trouble or
problem is involved in this fund either in the short-run or in the long-run
because is my late husband money. I want you to take 40 percent of the
total money for your personal use and for mobility during the movement to
the less-privileges while 60% of the money will go to charity.

I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality and trust in this matter to
accomplish my heart desire, as I don't want anything that will jeopardize
my last wish. I would be so much happy to see funds are properly used to
help the less privileged,Reply me for more information’s, Send me the
following information, as per below.

1. Your full name...........
2. Telephone number.....
3. Your occupation.......
4. Address.........
5. Country..........

Always keep your faith in God and commit this transaction in his guide.

Endless love of God keep enduring with you.
Yours Mrs.Rosa Karina Aviles

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