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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: "Mrs. Berenice" <louiseberenice8@gmail.com>
Reply-To: brnclouise@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 20:47:53 +0000
Subject: GOD IS GOOD

I am Mrs. Berenice Louise. I have a fund of 3,600,000.00
EURO I from my which I inherited from my late husband and which I have
for you through your orphanage and a charity project, but I've had
cancer for so long
cancer that I have been treating in a hospital for so long.

Treatment. The doctor informed me after a series of examinations Tests
indicated that I might not live long will, and I'm scared
and I'm afraid I'll lose the money to the government because
them don't care about poor people in society.

I will appreciate your honesty and courage, this one
to manage funds to help orphans and the charity home.
As soon as I receive your message about your interest in this fund,
to help the charity and the less privileged,
I will give you more details communicate about this fund.

God bless you while I await your reply.
Her sister.

Berenice Louise

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