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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: Mandy Jones <mandyjonesm6@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2022 09:46:23 +0200
Subject: charitable acts


Greetings
I pray this email finds you in good health. I would like to confide in you
for your honesty and truth for progress. My name is Mrs. Mandy Jones from
South Africa, I am suffering from Cancer and I don’t have a child of my own
due to poor health, my late husband was wealthy and after his death, I
inherited his business and funds in the bank. The doctor has advised me
that I may not live long and warns me to stop thinking over who is going to
inherit my fund. Today I have decided to donate and contribute to the less
privileged, charity homes, and orphanage homes. I am willing to donate
the sum of $8,000,000 eight million united states dollars to the less
privileged of which you will be responsible in taking care of the
disbursement and sharing of this money to the organizations.
The fund is still with the bank where my late husband deposited it. I am
going to advise my lawyer to change my last WILL to your name and file an
application for the transfer of the money in your name. Lastly, I honestly
pray that this money when transferred to your account will be used for the
said purpose even though I am late then or alive, because I have come to
find out that wealth acquisition is not always the final thing in life or
death if you do not help people as well when they need it. I will provide
you with more details after knowing your willingness to handle
the disbursement and sharing of this money to the organizations.
Thanks and God bless.

Best Regards,

Mrs. Mandy Jones

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