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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: Mrs Marina Boris <Marina.boris1@yandex.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 09:02:58 GMT
Subject: [From Mrs. Marinna Boris] its important

My Beloved,

Thank you very, very much for your attention to my mail, My name is Mrs Marinna Boris I am a Russian citizen i have been looking for a way to communicate with someone out there for so long and thank God my massage finally got to you.
My late husband whom I lost and my kids on 21 Jun 2011, to the Tupolev-134 plane crash while travelling from Moscow my home town to the northern Russian city of Petrozavodsk to visit my father in-law while I was away on a business trip, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/8588317/44-feared-dead-in-Russian-plane-crash.html, my husband worked at Russia Consulate in Japan as Russian special envoy for Twelve years before his untimely death.

I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared for anyone not even myself but my business. I was a bad wife people say because I only cared about business and travel and I was never generous because I thought all was well with me, I was always hostile to people and only focus on my own thing which I have come to realized that my actions were wrong. But now I regret all, as I now know that there is more to life than just wanting to have or make all the money in the world. I believe when the Almighty gives me a second chance to come to this world I would live my life a different way from how I have lived it.

Now that I know my time is near, I have willed and given most of my properties and assets to my immediate and extended family members and as well as a few close friends before my condition became unbearable. I want nature and the Almighty God in Heaven to forgive and be merciful to me and accept my soul when i die, I have decided to give the remains of i and my late husband's wealth to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I did on earth while am gone, he was indeed a good man always wanting us to help the needy and build a charity homes but i refused him. I was truly wrong, may his soul rest in the bosom of the Almighty because i had no idea what will become the future.

So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations in the Caribbean Island, London and Ireland. Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself any more. I once asked members of my family to close one of my accounts in Switzerland and donate the money in the account to the motherless/charity homes across Africa, Europe and America organizations, to my surprise they didn't but kept the money to themselves, as they seem not to be contended with what I have left for them and have no good feelings for those who needs it most. I do not trust them anymore and will never.
The last of my money which only my lawyer knows is the six point some millions cash deposit that I have with a bank in United Kingdom and my health is constantly getting worse every day that passes by and I put my life in the hands of the Almighty God to take care of me.
So my beloved if you can help me actualize my dream I will want you to send me your full information which should include: Your full name and contact / address, age, sex, marital status, occupation, contact phone number, I will then introduce you to my lawyer. He will begin the preparation of legal documents in your name so that the bank can release the money to you as my appointed beneficiary.
Although I don't know you in person but I have prayed and believe that you can use it for the charity work I dream for because of my bad health, my lawyer is in possession of the necessary documents of the fund and he will introduce you to my bank for the release of the money to you.

This is because I am getting my treatment in a hospital and I cannot move because of the bad situation of my health I found myself today, I do not want my family to know my way about for they will try to kill me before my God calls me up just to have that money so I dint want them to know, I wish to succeed with my dream for the poor in your country, for telephone conversation, if necessary, you have to contact my lawyer for this purpose. You have nothing to worry about but your sincerity and your pure heart is what matters for the good Lord is my only hope.


God bless us all and your family for your willingness to help me actualize my dream for the less privileged that needed it most.



I need your prayer also please.
Here is my facebook link connect with me any time https://www.facebook.com/boris.marina.3



God bless

Mrs Marinna Boris


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