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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: DR JILL BIDEN <adamharrison536378383@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dr.jillbiden3@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2023 05:54:10 -0700
Subject: I HAVE SUPRISE

US-White House.
Office of the First Lady of the United States
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20500
Dated. 29th, April.2022

Attention

I am sending you this message as directed by my Husband. Please read
with your good understanding and avoid any sentiment.

My Husband the President of the United States of America Dr. Joe Biden
has signed a release clause on your pending Fund the sum of In this regard it
was told that you were unable to pay some delivering/routine charges
leveled on the
fund for the year 2019/2021 and 2022 due to your financial position.

However, with my position as the First Lady of the United States of
America, I have pleaded to my Husband and the rest of his Cabinet to
re-issue you a money Order Check of at least USD18.5 USD as a
compensation over your struggles and troubles this transaction may
have caused you, and as God may have it, my Husband signed this
request on 6/3/2022 and as I speak to you right now, your ATM CARD
worth a total sum of USD18.5 million dollars is ready and should be delivered
to your home address with immediate effect. Am so sorry for not having
informed you all this while, I had a very tight schedule but right now
I have made our time to work on this and I appreciate it if you put
your time and effort for us to achieve a successful end.

Furthermore, the White House Cabinet being more skeptical about this
have demanded that you should try to send only $50 usd Steam wallet
card or apple
card to enable get an Attorney here in Washington DC to sign for
collection of your ATM CARD Deliver and also for them to verify your
details and Identity,
upon completing this scenario they will release it to you and will
help you make sure that you receive your delivery ATM CARD Fund.
Please I will appreciate your effort to find a way to come up with
this $50 usd and send within 3 working days,and in other hand I will
also like you to let me know immediately you
bought this only fee $50 usd apple card or steam wallet card, then I
will hire Attorney who will help you sign for the collection on your
behalf and he will bringit down to your
location but it will cost you only the sum of $50 usd to hire
Attorney who will help you sign the on your behalf.

This is a very important message and it requires your frantic effort
and commitment. My primary objectives are to help the less privileged
and to put smiles on the faces of people all over the world. Yes it is
true that
My Husband may have not been a good President because no one is above
mistakes, but my work is to make things look good and to reshape his
Presidential tenor to be acceptable before the entire American
citizens and
the World at large.

The president immunity waiver certificate number will be attached in
your consignment so that airport authority will know that President
immunity covers your fund. Finally, I want you to reply to this
message with sincerity
and avoid any negative thoughts or whatsoever. I have been to some
parts of the World, including Africa, Middle East, Asia, Europe and
South America
etc...I have been able to put smiles on the Faces of their respective
citizens and I am looking forward to doing the same to you. Just buy a
$50
Steam Wallet Card or apple card to cover the payment. Scratch it and
attach the picture to this email.

Try and fill out your personal details including your Full name, Home
address, Occupation, Date of Birth, Place of Birth and Mobile number
to enable
a smooth delivery of your ATM card to your address.

Thanks and may the Lord
be with you and your entire Family.

Best regards
Mrs. Jill Biden
First Lady of the United States of America
delivery of your ATM card to your address.

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