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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: S Thelma Morgan <aderitobaptista4009@gmail.com>
Reply-To: pleasehelpthelmamorgan@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2021 08:40:37 -0700
Subject: MRS MORGAN

..Hello I am Mrs. Thelma Morgan, suffering from cancerous ailment. I was
married to Mr. Dexter Morgan, my husband worked with Chevron/Texaco in
the United Kingdom for twenty years. My late husband deposited the sum
of £6.5 Million Pounds (Six Million Five Hundred Thousand British
Pounds Sterling) with a Bank in United Kingdom. Recently my Doctor
told me that I have limited days to live due to the stroke and
cancerous problems I am suffering from.

I have decided to donate this fund to you and I want you to use this
my late husband’s effort to fund the upkeep of widows and charities
worldwide.

I took this decision because I do not have any child that will inherit
this money and my husband's relatives are bourgeois and very wealthy
persons and I do not want my husband's hard earned money to be misused

God bless you.
Mrs. Thelma S. Morgan
pleasehelpthelmamorgan@gmail.com

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