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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Elder Mrs. Mary Kavi Mal" <h.brent1970@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Mrs. Mary Kavi Mal" <mary2kavimal1953@live.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2009 06:57:13 -0700
Subject: Dear Beloved (I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE)



Dear Beloved,

As you read this email, don't feel sorry for me, but assist me in my
last will / wish. I am Mrs. Mary Kavi Mal, wife of Late Mr. Hikam kavi
Mal, both citizens of the Malaysia. My husband worked with the
Chevron/Texaco in Russia for twenty years before he died in the year
2003. We were married for ten years without a child. My Husband died
after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before his death
we were both dedicated Christians. Since his death I decided not to
re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is
strongly against. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of
Thirty Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand Malaysia Money (
$11,200,000.00 USD ) in a Financial House in Malaysia.

Presently, this money is still with the Financial House and the
management just wrote me as the beneficiary that our account is DORMANT
and if I, the beneficiary of the funds, do not re-activate the account;
the funds will be CONFISCATED or I rather issue a letter of
authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf, as I cannot come
over.

Presently, I'm in a hospital in Russia where I have been undergoing
treatment for esophageal cancer. I was told by my doctors that I have
only a few weeks to live. It is my last wish to see this funds
distributed to charity organizations and NGO anywhere in the World in
helping human race. Because my relatives and friends have plundered so
much of my wealth since my illness, Please, I plead with you to help me
stand as the beneficiary and collect the Funds from the Finance House. I
want someone, who is God-fearing to use this money to fund churches,
orphanages and widows and to ensure that the house of God is maintained.
I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit
this money and my husband's relatives are not Christians and I don't
want my husband's hard earned funds to be misused by unbelievers.

I await your quick response to this mail as this is my last wish to see
this funds transferred before my death. Please my beloved for further
communication on how we are going to conclude this, reach me on my
private mail:

Email: mary2kavimal1953@live.com

Remain Blessed

Your Sister in Christ,

Mrs. Mary Kavi Mal

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