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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: Australian Certificate <australiancertificate@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2021 08:41:10 +1300
Subject: Dear Friend,

Dear Friend,

It's my pleasure to contact you to seek for your urgent assistance in this
humanitarian social investment project to be establish in your country for
the mutual benefit of

the orphans and the less privileged ones haven't known each other or met
before, I know that everything is controlled by God as there is nothing
impossible to him. I

believe that you and I can cooperate together in the service of the Lord,
please open your heart to assist me in carrying out this benevolently
project in your

country/position. I am Mrs.Diana Hubble 62 years old a dying widow
hospitalized undergoing treatment for brain tumor disease, I believe that
you will not expose or

betray this trust and confidence that I am about to entrust on you for the
mutual benefit of the orphans and the less privileged ones. My late husband
made a

substantial deposit with the Bank which I have decided to hand over and
entrust the sum of ($ 12,500,000.00 Dollars) in the account under your
custody for you to

invest it into any social charitable project in your location or your
country. Based on my present health status I am permanently indisposed to
handle finances or any

financial related project.

This is the reason why I decided to contact you for your support and help
to stand as my rightful beneficiary and claim the money for humanitarian
purposes for the

mutual benefits of the less privileged ones. Because If the money remains
unclaimed with the bank after my death, those greedy bank executives will
place the money

as an unclaimed Fund and share it for their selfish and worthless ventures.
However I need your sincerity and ability to carry out this transaction and
fulfill my final

wish to implement the charitable investment project in your country as it
requires absolute trust and devotion without any failure. Meanwhile It will
be my pleasure

to compensate you with part of the total money as my Investment
manager/partner for your effort in handling the transaction, while the
remaining amount shall be

invested into any charity project of your choice there in your country.

Please I'm waiting for your prompt response if only you are interested. I
will send you further details and the bank contact details where the fund
has been deposited

for you to contact the Bank for immediate release and transfer of the fund
into your bank account as my rightful beneficiary.

Respectfully,

Mrs. Diana Hubble

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