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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: Kamugisha Yubu <yubukamugisha2@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2023 11:23:26 +0300
Subject: This Money Is For The Humanity Project

Dear Friend

It’s my pleasure to have contact with you based on the critical
condition I find myself in, though it's not a financial problem, but
my health condition. I am suffering from long term pancreatic cancer
and you might have known that cancer is a deadly disease and I don't
want my late husband's hard earned money to be wasted without adding
value to the peoples life. Though I don’t know you, and my contact
with you was not by mistake, but by divine favour of GOD.

My name is Mrs. Christabel Daniel, Switzaland National married to Mr.
Leo Daniel, a construction engineer and we lived in the United
Kingdom and we were married for the Twenty Nine Years without a child
before he died. He died after a brief illness that lasted for five
days. Since his death, I decided not to remarry, When my late husband
was alive he deposited the sum of US$ 8.2M (Eight Million Two Hundred
Thousand Dollars) with the Bank and the money is currently with the
bank. Recently, My Doctor told me that I don’t have much time to live
because of the cancer problem.

Having known my condition I decided to search for someone who will use
the money for humanitarian work to help the less-privileged people and
that is why I am contacting you. I want you to utilize this money the
way I am going to instruct herein. I want you to take 30 Percent out
of the total money for your kind efforts, while 70% of the money will
go to charity works and helping the orphanage people. I don’t want my
husband’s efforts to be used by the Government and that is the reason
I want you to use it for humanity 's work. I grew up as an Orphan and
I don’t have anybody as my family member and I know how it is to be an
Orphan. Am doing this so that GOD will forgive my sins and accept my
soul because this sickness has suffered me so much.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the
bank to enable you to contact the bank and I will send an authority
letter that will prove you as the present beneficiary of the money in
the bank. If you assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated
herein, not for selfish interest to pocket the money. If you can't
use the money as stated, please don't bother to reply back.

Contact me here EMAIL ( christabeldaniel089@gmail.com )

Just reply me to this EMAIL. christabeldaniel089@gmail.com

Hoping to receive your reply.
Regards,

Mrs. Christabel Daniel
Written From Hospital.

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