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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: Mr AGGARAWAL BHARAT B <morningstarfmc@gmail.com>
Reply-To: aggarawalbharatb@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2023 03:27:08 -0700
Subject: BENEFITICIARY

My Dearest in the Lord:

Greetings to you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. this is
AGGARWAL BHARAT B,I am a Christian convert, suffering from prolonged
brain cancer , from all medical indications my condition has really
deteriorated and it’s
pretty obvious that I may not live for up to six months owning to the
rapid growth by stage and the excruciating pain that accrues to it.

I have an amount of [$ 103,000,000.00] One hundred and three Million
US dollars with mining factory to be disclosed to you later, only
lying fallow with the BANK OF AMERICA (BOA) which I will like to will
to you for Humanitarian service, for the church of God, the poor and
the victim of cancers and other vulnerable diseases.

Kindly get back to me for more details on how the fund could be
claimed and transferred to your desired bank account. May the grace
and blessings of God be and remain with you.

I shall be awaiting your response.
Regards,
AGGARAWAL BHARAT B

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