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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: akintola bimbo <akintolabimbo1986@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2023 03:17:13 +0200
Subject:

Hello
my name is (Akintola Bimbo ) am 62 Years old, I am from Indonesia but i
live in UK for many years I lost my husband on August 16, 2015. meanwhile i
have been struggling with cancer for long time and my doctor said that the
present stage is uncontrollably and I have a few months more to live .
Before the death of my husband he work a contract with the UK government
worth of 2.7 million dollars , but death took him away before the money is
sent to my bank account , my husband was a philanthropist before his death
, he also encouraged me to help poor peoples,because since we got married
we have not been able to have any child .Because of the condition of my
health, i have Deliver( 1 million dollars) to my home town ( Indonesia )
and have deposited 700,000.00 $ Hundred thousand dollars to the hospital
for my medication , and i will like to send the remaining (1 million
dollars) to you so that you will help me to give it to the poor peoples and
the widows over there in your country as was instructed by my late husband
since we did not have any children to inherit this money , Please do not
discriminate on religion , race , ethnicity when handling this project .
Try to reply me immediately for more information . May God bless you and
your family , I would love to talk to you on the phone , but the problem is
that i do not speak well due to pains, i cant even speak becuse of the
condition of my Health, ,and one of the hospital patians help me to write
message for you due to the pain of the cancer , please keep this
information very secret , never tell anyone about this money at all for
security reasons, i will be waiting for your respond immediately,

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