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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: Jennifer david <yougoneloulea@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jennifermatina26@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 00:05:19 +0000
Subject: investment proposal from jennifer

Hello Dear
May the Lord be with you, I humbly request your attention
and listen to me carefully, My name is Ms. Jennifer David. I am
54 years old and married to Mr. david Adwa. we were Married 30 years
before he died in 2017.

We were married for 30 years without a child and he died after a brief
illness, and since his death I decided not to remarry due to my
religious belief and old age. When my late husband was alive he
deposited the sum of One million five hundred thousand euros (1.5
million euros) with a Bank here. Presently this money is still in the
custody of the Bank. Recently, my Doctor told me that I would not last
for the next four months due to my cancer illness.

Having known my condition I decided to donate this money to
helpless and less privileged .

As soon as I read from you I will give you more details about this and
how to achieve this goal, and these funds on your
bank account, any delay in your reply may give me room to look for
another good person for this same purpose. Please assure me that you
will act accordingly as I stated above.
.

Thanks and Have a nice day!

Best regard
Mrs. Jennifer David

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