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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: "Dr Juliana" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fdw5267@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2023 03:08:08 +0100
Subject: Re:


Hello,

Greetings to you and your family. I am Dr Juliana. A widow to the late Dr. Ashley ” I am 75 years old, my late husband was a Director with the Oil and Gas Company here before his Sudden Death, during the Scottish Referendum of September 2014.

Before his death, he Deposited the Sum of 14MillionUSD with one of the leading Bank here in Europe with my name and I am very ill in a Scottish Hospital, My condition is really bad and it is quite obvious that I won’t live more than two months according to my doctors, and i have no Child who is going to take care of this Huge amount of Money, Please offer your prayers if you are a Christian, if you are not, ask for miracle on my behalf.

I am willing to donate the sum of 14,Million <USD> for you to help widows and the less privileged ones in the rural and urban areas and to carry out charity works in your Country and around the World on my Behalf.

All I need is a trustworthy person who will make judicious use of this money for the purpose it is meant for, and I hope you won't betray the trust.

God will definitely bless you as you join the course and work of alleviating the sufferings of the poor and less privilege in the world.

If you can be trusted to handle this, send me the following details.

Your full name----------
Address----------
Age----------
Occupation----------
Telephone----------

[Dr Juliana Ken]

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