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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: Deborah Corde <dc122169@gmail.com>
Reply-To: cordedeborah100@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2021 04:41:13 -0800
Subject: Dearest in the lord

Mrs. Deborah Corde

I am Mrs. Deborah Corde from Kuwait. I am married to Mr. Tom Corde who
worked with a construction company in France for twenty years and was
later transferred to their new construction company in the Republic of
Ivory Coast before he died in Plane Crash, we were married but without
any child of our own. Since his death I decided not to remarry. When
my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of ($3, 200, 000) three
million two hundred thousand United state dollars with a Bank in
Africa.

Presently this money is still with the bank and the management just
wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward to receive the money or
rather Issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my
behalf if I cannot come over. I am presently in a hospital where I
have been undergoing treatment of Cancer of the lungs in a hospital, I
have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I
have only a few months to Live. Please I want you to note that this
money is lying in the Bank in Africa.

I want a person that is trustworthy that will utilize this money to
fund churches, orphanages and widows around the world but in my name
Mrs. Deborah Corde. I will appreciate it if you will give attention to
my request for propagating the kingdom massage, I will provide you
with more details on how to proceed.

Please assure me that you will not betray me and you will act
accordingly as I stated herein and Keep this contact confidential till
such a time this funds get to your account ,this is to ensure that
nothing jeopardizes my last wish on earth.

I await your urgent reply.
Regards,
Mrs. Deborah Corde

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