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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: Hanna Dominic <hnnadominic@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2022 01:02:47 +0100
Subject: My dear beloved.

Dear beloved,My Name is Mrs. Hanna Dominic, from Norway. I know that this messagewill be a surprise to you. Firstly, I am married to Mr. MichaelDominic, A gold merchant who owns a small gold Mine in Burkina Faso;He died of Cardiovascular Disease in mid-March 2011. During his lifetime he deposited the sum of ($8.5 Million) Eight million, Fivehundred thousand dollars in a bank in Ouagadougou the capital city ofBurkina-Faso in West Africa. The deposited money was from the sale ofthe shares, death benefits payment and entitlements of my deceasedhusband by his company.I am sending this message to you praying that it will reach you ingood health, since I am not in good health condition in which I sleepevery night without knowing if I may be alive to see the next day. Iam suffering from long time cancer and presently i am partiallysuffering from a stroke illness which has become almost impossible forme to move around. I am married to my late husband for over 4 yearsbefore he died and is unfortunately that we don't have a child, mydoctor confided in me that i have less chance to live. Having known myhealth condition, I decided to contact you to claim the fund since Idon't have anyrelation I grew up from the orphanage home, I have decided to donatewhat I have to you for the support of helping Motherless babies/Lessprivileged/Widows' because I am dying and diagnosed of cancer forabout 2 years ago. I have been touched by God Almighty to donate fromwhat I have inherited from my late husband to you for good work of GodAlmighty. I have asked Almighty God to forgive me and believe he has,because He is a Merciful God I will be going in for an operationsurgery soon This is the reason i need your services to stand as mynext of kin or an executor to claim the funds for charity purposes. Ifthis money remains unclaimed after my death, the bank executives orthe government will take the money as unclaimed fund and maybe use itfor selfish and worthless ventures, I need a very honest person whocan claim this money and use it for Charity works, for orphanages,widows and also build schools for less privilege that will be namedafter my late husband and my name; I need your urgent answer to know if you will be able to execute thisproject, and I will give you more information on how the fund will betransferred to your bank account.Thanks.Yours faithfully.Mrs. Hanna Dominic.

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