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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. Rose Mohamed" <mrsrosemohamedattiea@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 19:36:03 +0000
Subject:

*Dear Friend, I am writing this mail to you with heavy tears In my eyes and
great sorrow in my heart, My Name is Mrs. Rose Mohamed Attiea, I am a
British citizen, and I am contacting you from a hospital in Burkina Faso
(AMPO International private hospital), I wish to informed you about my
present condition, because I don't have any other option than to contact
you as my sprit direct me to you to open up to you, after going through
your remarkable profile in Google because I never know you before
nevertheless I believe that my sprit will not fail me, am married to mr.
mohamed attiea mohran, who worked with Egyptian Ambassador in Burkina Faso
for nine years before he died in the year 2015 and is also a politician
before he died in the year 2015. We got married in the year 2004 for eleven
years without a child before he died and after his death i cannot be able
to get hold of myself because of the love we share together. He died after
a brief illness that lasted for only five days. After his death I decided
not to remarry, When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of US$
5.500.000 million. (Five Million Five hundred Thousand Dollars) in a bank
in Ouagadougou the capital city of Burkina Faso in West Africa. Presently
this money is still in the bank. He made this money available from
exportation of Gold from Burkina Faso mining. Recently, my doctor told me
that I would not last for the period of seven months due to cancer and
stroke predicament. The one that disturbs me most is my cancer of the
throat illness. Having known my condition I decided to hand this money over
to you to take care of the less-privileged people, you will utilize this
money the way I am going to instruct herein. I want you to take 30% of the
total money for your personal use. While 70% of the money you will use to
build an orphanage home in my name and help the poor people in the street.
I grew up as an Orphan and I don't have anybody as my family member, just
to endeavor that the house of God is maintained. Am doing this so that God
will forgive my sins and accept my soul in paradise, because this illness
has suffered me so much. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you
the contact of the bank in Burkina Faso and I will also instruct the Bank
Manager to issue you an authority letter that will prove you the present
beneficiary of the money in the bank when you assure me that you will act
according to my wish as Stated herein. Yours sincerely, Mrs. Rose Mohamed
Attiea *

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