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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: Melinda Marquez <melinda74@rediffmail.com>
Reply-To: Melinda Marquez <melinda_maquez74@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:49:42 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: hi


Hi
From Mrs Melinda Marquez;
Attention,
 
My name is Mrs.MELINDA  MARQUEZ, I am a Filipino citizen and allso a deaf
woman,My husband died on 07 May 2007, He was a wealthy heir and
businessman at the head of a large holding.
 
My husband fell seriously ill and was taken to USA for intensive care, but he later died of his illness. So I inherited from my late husband the
sum of U.S. $30,000,000.00 USD. (Thirty Million U.S. dollars).
 
This money have hidden in a metal Briefcase and deposited in a security
company in west africa and i am seriously worried about the money
because the found was deposited in Abidjan Cote d'ivoire.I am worried
because cote d'ivoire having serious political crises but i really thank GOD that the metallic trunk box is save overthere according to the
security company director.
 
This deposit was coded under a secret arrangement that my Briefcase contains only family property. This means that the company itself does not know
the exact contents of the box because it was deposited by my husband and declared as containing family property as africa is far from
Philippines here and i dont want the money to deposited here because of
Philippines goverment.Also, the main reason why I send you this letter
is that, having more confidence in my surroundings here in the
Philippines , I find myself at an impasse and I would like you to help
me quietly to take my Briefcase money to a place much more discreet and
stable in your country where I can start investing and cure my cancer.i
will tell you everything about this transaction in your return
email,this transaction is 100% save.
 
PLEASE THIS IS WHY I WANT THIS TRANSACTION TO CONCLUDE URGENTLY PLEASE,

 
Yours Mrs.Melinda Marquez.

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