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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.Linda" <mrslindar1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrslindarail51@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2022 09:09:44 -0800
Subject: Dear Beloved,


Dear Beloved,

I’m Mrs. Linda Rail, affected with breast cancer, the wife of late Mr.
Abaulkarim Rail who worked with Tunisia embassy in Ouagadougou Burkina Faso
West Africa he died in the year 2021.We were married for eleven years
without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for five days.

I am contacting you because of my health condition need a reliable person
who will handle this project of my late husband Mr. Abaulkarim Rail fund
deposit sum amount of money in bank of Africa before his died, accomplish
my heart desire and utilize this fund to donate the sum $10.5 with to
Charity Organizations or to support the Orphans, Motherless Babies, Less
privileged and free Medical & Medicine Poor People's around the World since
I don t have any child and do not want the bank take over the fund. I don't
really know if i am going to survive this stage, therefore if your ready to
handle this project, kindly respond so that i will give you the bank
contact to transfer the fund to your account.

Contact my private email only if you are interested (
mrslindarail51@gmail.com)

I shall be waiting for your kind Update

Mrs. Linda Rail

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