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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: betty <bettyschaffer78@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 17:06:01 +0000
Subject: hello dear.


I am Betty Jane Schaffer, a business woman dealing with Gold business, I
was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, which my doctors have confirmed that I
have only a few weeks to live. without any family members, no child. I have
decided to hand over the sum of ( £ 4.5 Million pounds) from my bank
account to you for the help of orphanages homes and the poor widows in your
location to fulfill my wish on earth.

You may be curious why i select you, because i have no option but to
contact someone who is honest to fulfill my wish, but before i hand over my
data to you, please i want you to kindly assure me that you will only take
30% of the total fund and share the rest to orphanages homes to help the
poor and widows,

Thanks am waiting to hear from you

Best Regards,

Mrs. Betty..

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