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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: tomlawrence594 <tomlawrence594@gmail.com>
Reply-To: tom_lawrence110@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 10:52:57 +0100
Subject: Let me hear from you

Attention,


Please forgive me for stressing you with my predicaments as I know
that this letter may come to you as big surprise.

Meanwhile, I am Madam THERESA JOHN, 73 years, am from USA, childless.
I am suffering from adenocarcinoma Cancer of the lungs for the past 8
years and from all indication my condition is really deteriorating as
my doctors have confirmed and courageously advised me that I may not
live beyond 4 weeks from now for the reason that the tumor has reached
a critical stage which has defiled all forms of medical treatment.

Since my days are numbered, I’ve decided willingly to fulfill my
long-time vow to donate to the underprivileged the sum of ($18.5M)
Eighteen Million five Hundred Thousand Dollars. I have tried to handle
this project by myself when I get better but I have seen that my
health could not allow me to do so anymore.

If you are interested to run a charity project for the interest of
the poor. I will like you to provide me your personal data like:


best regards

THERESA JOHN

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