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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: SAVE THE CHILDREN NOW <tiffanycampbell013@gmail.com>
Reply-To: information.savethechildren@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2023 04:25:15 -0800
Subject: Contact Us

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NOW, MORE THAN EVER
CHILDREN NEED YOUR HELP
TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE
https://www.savethechildren.org/
SAVE THE CHILDREN NOW 2023 CHARITY

We work in the hardest-to-reach places, where it’s toughest to be a child.
When you give to Save the Children, 85% of every dollar goes straight
to our mission to provide lifesaving relief to children. Our 2023
Christian charity program across the world has started total Funds
DONATED BY MRS MICHELLE NUNN . We selected 100 verified emails from
Christian Ministry Affair to be benefited from 2023 charity program.
Our charity movement 2023 award funds are $500,000.00 only and this
amount will be given to each selected individual from the 100 emails
provided to us from Christian Ministry Affair . If you're lucky and
your email is still valid you will be among those that will receive
$500,000.00 from SAVE THE CHILDREN NOW . visit our website to read
more about how we donate and receive .
https://www.savethechildren.org/

Term : This fund is only for charity purposes, freely donated to you
from MRS MICHELLE NUNN , president and CEO of CARE International
.visit the website to know more about MICHELLE NUNN
(https://www.care-international.org/) kindly make sure you make a
good useful of this fund and help the poor people and homeless
children around your community. We expect you to give us an accurate
account after 12 months. visit our website
https://www.savethechildren.org/

Respond to this email with your complete full information if your
email address is still valid to enable us forward your information to
MRS MICHELLE NUNN representative for issuing of a draft check worth
a sum of $500,000 dollars in your name. Note that you are receiving
this check from SAVE THE CHILDREN Charity Organization . visit our
website https://www.savethechildren.org/

Contact Us
E-mail : information.savethechildren@gmail.com
https://www.savethechildren.org/

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