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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 FADHLAN WILLIAMS <agathakabore@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsfadhlanwilliams@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 12:09:17 -0700
Subject: Re: URGENT FROM MRS FADLAN WILLIAMS

Thanks for your response, I am from Indonesia but my husband is from
New York and we live in New York city, United States of America. Now
I stays in the Hospital here in England . I stay in Birmingham City
Hospital United Kingdom .I lost my husband on February 2, 2021 to the
pandemic. Meanwhile I have been struggling with cancer for a long time
and my doctor said that the present stage is uncontrollable and I have
a few months to live. I also lost our only child to Corona Virus
pandemics this year. She battled COVID 19 for 9 days before she died,
even though the US President Joe Biden and Dr Anthony Fauci are trying
their best to end the Virus.


Before the death of my husband .He worked on a Project in some
countries in the Ukraine ,Middle East and Africa (Yemen ,Afghanistan
, Syrie and Sudan ). The worth of the project was 5.7 million dollars,
but death took him away before the money for the finished project was
credited to our joint account in Garanti Bank, Istanbul Turkey . The
Directors of the Garanti Bank Turkey has gone through the record and
been verified and also confirmed the account with the code AC
N°CB/IO/46121/0055478-541/2019:


My husband was a philanthropist before his death. He encouraged me to
help poor people, because since we got married we have not been able
to have more than one child. Due to the condition of my health, I have
sent two million dollars to the Orphanage homes in my hometown (
Indonesia ) and my husband's place as well. I also have deposited
700,000 dollars to the hospital for my medication. Am looking for
somebody who can help me carry out this project, someone who can take
this project very seriously.

I wanted to do it by myself but my present condition cannot permit me
because I can hardly stand on my own without an anchorage or support
by the doctors or nurses, that was the main reason I contacted you. I
would like to send the remaining three million dollars to you so that
you will assist me in sharing it to the poor and widow's over there in
your country and neighboring countries as directed by my late husband
since we no longer have any child to inherit this fund. You can extend
the help to the people of Ukraine , because of the War over there in
Ukraine.

Please do not discriminate on religion, race or ethnicity while
handling the project . Try to reply to me immediately for more
information.

May God bless you and your family, looking forward to reading from you
once again.

Yours Sincerely,Sister and Mother,
Mrs. Fadhlan Willaims

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