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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: "From Mrs. Florence Williams" <alexthambo2@gmail.com>
Reply-To: florence.s.williams@safrica.com
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 19:42:54 +0200
Subject: Your Humble Co-operation Needed


Dear Beloved Friend,

With a warm heart I offer my greetings to you and family. I am Mrs.
Florence Susan Williams, from the Republic of Ireland, born in the state of
Ohio (USA). I am legally married to Mr. John E. Williams a South Africa
citizen born & brought up in Switzerland, I live in Switzerland with my
husband for over 32 years before we move down to South Africa in 1985 after
my husband retirement in 1974, I am 71 years old by the grace of God, I am
a Christian suffering from long time cancer of the breast.

All indications from my doctor are that my condition is really
deteriorating and it is quite obvious that I wouldn’t live much longer
according to my doctors as in regards to medical analysis. It was as a
result that the cancer disease had gotten to a very bad stage that left no
little hope for me to be a living person again. My dear husband was
involved with the January 2000 Kenya plane crashed as you may read on the
news line web site.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6627485.stm
<https://deref-mail.com/mail/client/Rj_eotsBSDg/dereferrer/?redirectUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F2%2Fhi%2Fafrica%2F6627485.stm>

The doctors have advised me that I may not live for more than 6 months and
warn me to desist from thinking over who shall inherit my wealth, today I
have decided and made up my mind to donate/ contribute to the less
privileged, charity and orphanage homes.

I chose you after viewing your profile and I have confidence in you because
I have prayed over it and I am willing to donate this sum of ($10.5Million
US dollars), to the less privileged & orphanage homes. Please I want you to
note that this fund is presently here in South Africa in one of the local
banks

I honestly pray that this money when transferred will be used for the said
purpose even though I am late or alive, and I made the promise to God that
the fund will be used to help the needy and the less privileged. May the
grace of our Lord and the love of God be with you.


Remain bless,


Florence Susan Williams

Email: florence.s.williams@safrica.com

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