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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: Debry Goita<info@eastonbags.com>
Reply-To: goita.debry@gmail.com
Date: 11 Oct 2023 20:10:15 +0800
Subject: Dear Beloved

Dear bixnfleisch,

Greetings My Beloved One.

It is true that this letter may come to you as a surprise. Nevertheless, I humbly ask you to give me your attention and hear me well. My name is Mrs. Debry Goita from United States of America. I am married to Mr. Williams Goita who once worked with our Embassy in Hungary in the year 2002 and he also worked in an embassy in London for a period of 16 years before he died.

We were married for 25 years without a child before he died after a brief illness. Since his death I decided not to remarry due to my religious belief. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of USD$15.000.000.00 (Fifteen million United State American dollars) with a Bank here in America. Presently this money is still in the custody of the Bank. Recently, my Doctor told me that I would not last for the next Four months due to my cancer illness.

Having known my condition, I decided to donate this money to good person that will utilise this money the way I am going to instruct herein.

I want you to use this money for Charity organisation, orphanages, elderly people, widows, to build animal care clinics, free hospital and school for poor people that are in need. l took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money. Moreover, my husband's relatives are not close to me since I develop a Cancer problem and it had been their wish to see me dead in order to inherit his wealth since we have no Child. These people are not worthy of this inheritance. This is why I am taking this decision to contact you and donate this fund to you in order for you to use it for the charity works.

As soon as I receive your reply, I will also issue a letter of authorisation to the bank to transfer the funds to your account. I also want you to reply this message with your full names, address and telephone number where I can reach you.

Any delay in your reply may give me room to look for another good person for this same purpose. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated above.

Thanks and Remain blessed.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs Debry Goita
goita.debry@gmail.com




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