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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 Josefine John Carlsen <josefine.johncarlsen@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2023 14:57:54 +0000
Subject: Beloved In Christ,

This letter might be a surprise to you, But I believe that you will be
honest to fulfill my final wish. I bring peace and love to you. It is by
the grace of God, I had no choice than to do what is lawful and right in
the sight of God for eternal life and in the sight of man to witness God's
mercy and glory upon my life. It's my pleasure to contact you to seek for
your urgent assistance in this humanitarian social investment project to be
establish in your country for the mutual benefit of the orphans and the
less privileged ones, haven't known each other or met before, I know that
everything is controlled by God as there is nothing impossible to him. I
believe that you and I can cooperate together in the service of the Lord,
please open your heart to assist me in carrying out this benevolently
project in your country/position. I am Mrs.Josefine John Carlsen, a dying
widow hospitalized undergoing treatment for brain tumor disease, I believe
that you will not expose or betray this trust and confidence that I am
about to entrust on you for the mutual benefit of the orphans and the less
privileged ones. My late husband made a substantial deposit with the Bank
which I have decided to hand over and entrust the sum of ($11,000,000,000
Dollars) in the account under your custody for you to invest it into any
social charitable project in your location or your country. Based on my
present health status I am permanently indisposed to handle finances or any
financial related project.

This is the reason why I decided to contact you for your support and help
to stand as my rightful beneficiary and claim the money for humanitarian
purposes for the mutual benefits of the less privileged ones. Because If
the money remains unclaimed with the bank after my death, those greedy bank
executives will place the money as an unclaimed Fund and share it for their
selfish and worthless ventures. However I need your sincerity and ability
to carry out this transaction and fulfill my final wish in implementing the
charitable investment project in your country as it requires absolute trust
and devotion without any failure. Meanwhile It will be my pleasure to
compensate you with 40% of the total money as my Investment manager/partner
for your effort in handling the transaction, while the remaining 60% shall
be invested into any charity project of your choice there in your country.

Please I'm waiting for your prompt response if only you are interested. I
will send you further details and the bank contact details where the fund
has been deposited for you to contact the Bank for immediate release and
transfer of the fund into your bank account as my rightful beneficiary.

Respectfully,
Mrs.Josefine John Carlsen.
Written from a Hospital.

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