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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: Ange Paul <cbn.emegodwin@gmail.com>
Reply-To: angepaul96@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 12:21:01 +0100
Subject: Re: Helping Plan


Hello Dear

I know this contact may comes as a surprise to you, I am writing this mail
to you with heavy tears In my eyes and great sorrow in my heart as I
desired to find someone from a far country for personal reasons, although
we have not known or meet before but decided to tell you this because I
don't have any other option as I was touched to contact you, My Name is
Mrs. Ange Paul and I am contacting you from my country France, I married to
late Mr. Koffi Paul who based in Ivory Coast as an investor for a period of
9 years ago but he dead in a car accident last year 2020 and we were
married for eleven years without a child.

When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of seven million two
hundred thousand dollars in a bank here Ivory Coast in a fixed deposit
account, my late husband acquired his money during his 9 years as an
investor in Ivory Coast and Presently this money is still in the bank
waiting for me to come forth or my approval for proper legal process to
release it to anyone under my command, I have already informed the bank
director about my inability due to my present sickness, because recently,
My Doctor told me that I would not last for the period of seven months due
to my cancer problem and I am about to undergo a serious surgery of which I
don’t know if I will survive it or not, the one that disturbs me most is my
stroke sickness and throat problem, having known my condition I decided to
hand over this money to any individual who can use it to take care of the
less-privileged people, I really want you to utilize this money the way I
am going to instruct herein, I want you to take 25% of the money for your
personal use While 75% of the money will go to charity" people in the
street and helping the orphanages and just to endeavor that the house of
God is maintained Am doing this so that God will forgive my sins and accept
my soul because these sicknesses have suffered me so much.

I grew up as an Orphan and I don't have anybody as my family member except
my late husband’s family and relatives that has been squandering my late
husband assets and properties in unnecessary things of life since his
death. So as soon as I receive your respond I shall give you the contact of
my late husband's banker in Ivory Coast who will help you process the
documents that will approve you the present beneficiary of the money before
the bank can release the money to you and I will also inform the director
of the bank about you as the person I have chosen to receive the money on
my behalf.

Yours faithful,
Mrs. Ange Paul

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