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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 Jane Anderson <mariamkenzo77@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsjaneanderson2020@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2023 00:33:35 +0000
Subject: My dear,

Donation From Mrs.Jane Anderson

I am contacting you base on my donation for the less privileges, but I
believe there is no surprise before God, hence everything works out in
good for those that worship and believe in God. I am Mrs.Jane Anderson,
citizen of KUWAIT and wife of the late Mr. Paul Anderson,


a former Ambassador of KUWAIT in Côte d'Ivoire. My husband died 7
years ago after being poison by his fellow Muslim brothers due to the
fact that I and my late husband converted to Christian in 2014 and was
converted to Christian after accepting God as our lord and savior. Our
marriage lasted for many years without a child and before the death of
my husband, I have been seriously suffering from a chronic illness
(CANCER) and due to my illness,

I have decided to give you the sum ($3.4 MILLION USDOLLARS) THREE
million fOUR hundred thousand US dollars to do charitable works as
recommended by my late husband during his last period. But my late
Husband warned me not to expose the existent of this fund to his
brothers because of their evil mind and bad intention and he told me
to keep this fund secret and not to expose it to any of them. That I
should look for a reliable person outside this country that is going
to used this money to carry out the Gospel.Please reply to me in my
direct e-mail (mrsjaneanderson2020@gmail.com) if you accept this noble
task, because I am very sick and I cannot be online every time to chat
you.

Please reply to me in my direct e-mail (mrsjaneanderson2020@gmail.com)


May the peace of God be with you

Mrs.Jane Anderson

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