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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: Marie Oksana <a.gechele@alice.it>
Reply-To: marie.oksana@yahoo.com.ph
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 02:12:10 +0100 (CET)
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Bonjour_Bien_Aim=C3=A9_En_Christ?=


Bonjour, Je me nomme Marie Oksana. Née le 31. /…05 /…1938 originaire de la France, hospitalisée dans un hôpital ici a Londres suite a une maladie incurable laquelle mon médecin ma dit si je croie en Dieu je serais peut être sauvé. Je souffre de la tumeur du cerveau qui se traite depuis plus de 7 mois aujourd’hui. Je ne comprends plus rien de ma vie. Cela vous semblera un peu suspect. Je suis veuve et je n'ai pas d'enfant. Je recherche un âme frère et âme sœur a qui je peut confié tout mes biens. Pour qu'il a y aider les orphelins et aux sans abri. J'ai en ce moment dans une mallette noir, une somme de 1.250.000,00 € que j'ai déposé dans une BANQUE en Afrique pour ces projets. C'est un don de Dieu que je vous fais et sans rien vous demander en retour. Émail : ( marie.oksana@yahoo.com.ph)====================================================================================
Hello, my name is Marie Oksana. Born on 31. /…05 /...1938 born in France, hospitalized in a hospital here in London following an incurable disease which my doctor told if I believe in God I can be saved. I suffer from the tumor of the brain that processes for over 7 months now. I understand most anything in my life. It will seem a bit suspect. I am a widow and I have no children. I am looking for a soul brother and soulmate has that I can entrusted all my assets. So there are helping orphans and to the homeless. I have at this moment in a black Briefcase, a sum of €1.250,000.00 that I deposited in a bank in Africa for these projects. It is a gift from God I am and without asking you anything in return. Email: (marie.oksana@yahoo.com.ph)

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