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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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Fraud email example:

From: mrs.aileen777@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2022 14:41:42 +0000
Subject: From: Mrs. Leah Rose Apao

Untitled form

To fill it out, visit:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeBwx9kv1MSUTGf_QhA3rR1vjZ4ZW6bTnyT2oqq-oCKgNVVVQ/viewform?vc
From: Mrs. Leah Rose Apao
Address: 11 Temple Drive Green meadows
Subdivision 8510 Quezon City, Philippines
E-mail: leahroseapao1@hotmail.com

Dear Beloved,

My name is MRS. LEAH ROSE APAO, The wife of Mr. ANGELO APAO, I am a citizen
of the Philippines, A business woman specialized in mining of raw Gold in
Africa; but now I'm critically sick with oesophageal cancer which has
damaged almost all the cells in my body. My late husband died in an Car
accident with our Son few years ago leaving me with our two daughters and
they are still child that is my most concern now as they does not know
anything about live and has nobody to take care of them if I died; because
I and my late husband does not have any relatives, we both grew up in the
orphanage home and got married under orphanage as orphans. So, if I die now
my innocent children would be left alone in this wicked world and I do not
wish to send them to any orphanage home; I want them to grow up in the
hands of an individual, not an orphanage.

The amount deposited the sum of ($35,000.000 USD (Thirty-Five Million Us
Dollars) from the sales of gold and this money is deposited with a bank in
Abroad which we want to transfer to your account. Please note that as soon
as the fund is transferred to your account, you shall take 30% of the total
amount transferred to your account as my representative and the trustee of
my children, and use 70% for the up keeping of my little children.

Please reply immediately with your full details if you agree to help me, I
hope that you can be trusted, that you will not sit on this money when you
claim it I will give you the contact of the bank for you to contact them
and give them your address and bank information for the immediate transfer
of the money into your account in your country before anything happens to
me, because I will undergo surgery by next week, and I do not know what
will be the result of the surgery as the doctor has told me already that I
may not survive. Please, I wait to hear from you know it's a matter of
urgency reply.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Leah Rose Apao


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