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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 Shan George <shangeorge456@gmail.com>
Reply-To: pstsgeorge33@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2023 11:23:44 +0100
Subject: Dear Beloved

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Dear Beloved,

I am (Pastor)Mrs.Shan George., a widow to late Robert George. I am 56
years old, i am now a new Christian convert, suffering from long time
cancer of the lung, from all indication my conditions is really
deteriorating and it is quite obvious that i would only live for a
short period, according to my doctors this is because the cancer stage
has gotten to a very bad stage. My late husband was killed during the
U.S. Raid against terrorism in Afghanistan, and during the period of
our marriage we couldn't produce any child.

My late husband was very wealthy and after his death, i inherited all
his business and wealth. The doctors has advised me that i would only
live for a short period, so i now decided to divide the part of this
wealth, to contribute to the development of the churches all over the
world and the less privileged I selected you after visiting the
website and i prayed over it.

I am willing to donate the sum of $12,500.000.00 usd$ (twelve million
Five Hundred Thousand United States dollars) to the less privileged.
Please i want you to note that this fund is lying in a Spanish Bank
and upon my instruction, my attorney, who presently is in Spain will
file in an application for you for the transfer of the money in your
name. Lastly, i honestly pray that this money when transferred will be
used for the said purpose, because i have come to find out that wealth
acquisition without Christ is vanity.

Henceforth, further correspondence should strictly be directed to this
email ID for security reasons.Nevetheless forward the undermentioned
information to me so that my family Attorney will file in application
for the transfer.

(a) Your full Names:
(b) Your physical mailing address:
(c) Your direct telephone numbers:
(d) Your occupation.

May the grace of our Lord Jesus the love of God and the fellowship of
God be with you and your family i await urgent reply.

Yours in Christ,

(Pastor)Mrs.Shan George.

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