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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: Pamela Griffin <lumbung@hfbk-hamburg.de>
Reply-To: pamelagriffinw@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2023 02:50:14 -0800
Subject: I Am Waiting For Your Response...



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Good Day My Dearest,
I am Mrs Pamela,married to late Mr. Griffin Wells, who was a wealthy
business man in this country. Before sudden death we were devoted
Christians when my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of $ 8.5m
in
one of the firm here in the country .
I am very sick from kidney cancer disease and I decided to donate this
fund
to a honest individual who will use this fund for god's works such as
orphans, widows and building of churches to fulfill the vow I and my
late
husband made to God. I have chosen So after my deep thought because I do
not have any child to inherit fund and I do not want to donate this fund
to
unbelievers because I do not want our hard earned money to be used in an
ungodly ways.

As soon as I read from you I will give you more details on how to
achieve
this goal and get this fund transferred your bank account.
I need your urgent reply as I do not know what tomorrow will result.
your sister in the lord,
Mrs Pamela Griffin.
*************
Buenos dнas, mi mбs querido,
Soy la seсora Pamela, casada con el difunto seсor Griffin Wells, que era
un rico hombre de negocios en este paнs. Antes de la muerte sъbita nos
convertimos en devotos cristianos cuando mi difunto esposo estaba vivo y
depositу la suma de $ 8.5 millones en una de las empresas aquн en el
paнs.
Estoy muy enfermo de la enfermedad del cбncer de riсуn y decidн donar
este fondo a una persona honesta que usarб este fondo para obras de Dios
como huйrfanos, viudas y la construcciуn de iglesias para cumplir el
voto
que hice con Dios y mi difunto esposo. He elegido So despuйs de mi
pensamiento profundo porque no tengo ningÑŠn hijo para heredar fondos y
no
quiero donar este fondo a los incrйdulos porque no quiero que nuestro
dinero duramente ganado sea utilizado de una manera impнa.

En cuanto le lea, le darй mбs detalles sobre cуmo lograr este objetivo y
cуmo transferir este fondo a su cuenta bancaria.
Necesito su respuesta urgente ya que no sй quй resultarб maсana.
tu hermana en el seсor,
Sra. Pamela Griffin.

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