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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: Margaret Gosia <gosiamargaret120@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 18:03:28 +0200
Subject: Dear beloved in the lord

Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire.

Dear beloved in the lord


My name is Mrs.Margaret Gosia, a 65 years old German citizen woman with a
multi-racial heritage of Black/German born in Jan. 1947, suffering from a
long time cancer of the breast, I am a missionary and I have decided to
Willingly Donate the sum of $5.5 million(Five Million, Five hundred
thousand United States Dollars) to charity and individual through you for
the good work of the lord, and to help the motherless, privileged and also
for the assistance of the widows.

My coming in contact with you is solely by the divine will and no doubt
about it. Please like I told you earlier I'm a missionary woman from
Germany but residing in Ivory Coast for the missionary works.

My husband was an Engineer with a construction company in Ivory Coast, In
fact it is too sad to let you know that I lost my dear husband and two kids
in a tragic motor accident, and since then I have been battling with this
deadly breast cancer disease which most specialist doctors have confirmed
that I may not survive no matter what. All I want to do now is to present
you as my family next of kin to receive the $5.5 million which I and my
husband deposited in a security company. I want you to receive this money
and use it to help the less privileged, widows and orphans.

Kindly send me your full name and your address also your contact number, so
that I will prepare all relevant documents with the assistance of our
family lawyer to effect the release of the fund to you.

Remain blessed.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs.Margaret Gosia

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