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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: MARTHA MURRAY <mathmuray@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mthmury@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 01:45:20 +0000
Subject: Mrs Martha Murray




Good Day ,

I
Sincerely know that you will be surprise over this my sudden and
unexpected contact on you but please consider it a divine wish and
accept it with a deep sense of humility . My name is Ms Martha Murray , I
am married to late Mr Abdulkarim Ramzi Murray . my husband died after a
brief illness that lasted only for four days . we were married for
years without a child . Since after the death of my husband I have been
battling with cancer and fibroid problem , my condition is really
deteriorating that my doctor courageously told me that I have a few
months to live .


When my husband was alive we deposited a sum of US$4.5million (
Four Million , Five Hundred United States Dollars ) in a finance
institution . The Finance institute management just wrote me as the
legitimate depositor to inform me of the maturity date of my deposit or
rather that I should issue a letter of authorization to someone to
receive the money on my behalf since I cannot come over as a result of
my illness or they will get it confiscated . Having known my condition ,
I decide to donate this fund to either a religion organization (
Christain or Muslim ) or victim of war / less privileged widows and
orphans to help in project which will make a huge impact in helping the
orphans , widows and less privileges .

My reason for
contacting you is because I want you or your religious organization to
use this fund in all religious sincerity to fund orphanages , widows and
less privileges/destitute homes . I took this decision because I don't
have a child or a known relation that will inherit this fund when I die
as I am an orphan . I don't know or have a father or mother or even a
relation or brother nor sister to inherit the money .

As soon as I
receive your reply , I will give you the contact information of my late
husband attorney barrister Eponouh Kone who will assist you in making
sure that this fund is been released to you and also the contact
information of the finance institute where there money was deposited . I
will also write an authorization letter to the finance institute on
your behalf authorizing them to release the said amount US$4.5M to you .

Please contact me direct to my private email mthmury@yahoo.com with your below contact details . May the Almighty GOD continue to guide and bless you and your family .


Your Full Name
Your Contact Address
Your Occupation
Your Telephone Number

May Almighty God guide you and your family
Ms. Martha Murray

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