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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. Lisa Milner"<jenifer@quantumcns.io>
Reply-To: <lisamilner001@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2022 05:18:49 -0700
Subject: Beloved, your help is Needed...

Mrs. Lisa Milner
Co-Founder, Weigold & Bohm Oil Retired
Th?nefeldstrasse 5. D-82299 T?rkenfeld
Germany.


I am Mrs. Lisa Milner, 61yrs old from M?nchengladbach, Germany and I am diagnosed of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) and my Doctor told me that my Life is now short-lived due to the damage the cancer has done to me. I am presently in Luxembourg receiving treatment in a private hospital. I am contacting you to entrust my fixed deposit income values (US$15,000,000.00) with a financial institution abroad to you, so that through you this fund can be made available to reputable charity organizations around the world. Please get back to me for more details.

Yours Sincerely
Mrs. Lisa Milner.

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