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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: Meryll Rogerson <meryllrogerson1@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 18:20:35 +0100
Subject: CANCER WOMAN CAN I TRUST YOU MY GOOD ONE

CANCER WOMAN CAN I TRUST YOU MY GOOD ONE

Please My only Good one,

Please do not be offended for this message i am sending you now and
please do not feel it so difficulty it is very important from you
please because God knows why he ask me to contact you.

Please kindly accept my apology for sending this unsolicited message to you
.

Please I am Mrs. Meryll Rogerson, A widow to Late Bill Rogerson. I am
73years old from U.S.A, i am affected with cancer of the breast and
stroke, I got your contact information from my late husband diary
before i decided to contact/hand you over this, we are both from
United State of America. My condition is really
deteriorating and is quite obvious that I may not live more than 2
months, because the cancer stage has gotten its 3rd stage.

My dear, i want you to understand that before i contacted you i have
fasted and prayed to God almighty for him to lead me to the rightful
person who can help me accomplish my last wish on earth because
according to my doctor he has informed me that i may not survive this
upcoming surgical operation which i am very scared about.

After my Doctor Notice that i might not survive the surgery operation
,i have decided to give my fortune, by contributing to the lives and
well being of the poor and needy children, the poor which is very
essential and also the widow, orphanages, and cancer patients as me. I
just want you to forget about the distance between me and you.

I am willing to donate the sum of ($5.5million usd only) and my
jewelries to you to the orphans in your
Country which is still the major inheritance which me and my late
husband has left in the bank and i do not have any child who can help
me with this also i do not want the bank to take over this. I wish you
could be someone who i could trust with all my heart, to make this
wish of mine come true despite my prayers over you before i get to
contact you because am only here to see if i can hand you over this
fund. This is why with God in my heart i contacted you and i want you
to contact me back so we be in contact with all the poor souls out
there.

BUT ARE YOU REALLY SURE I CAN TRUST YOU MY GOOD ONE?

Please kindly get back to me here on my email address:
(meryllrogerson1@gmail.com) and tell me if i can trust you before i
will tell you the next step to follow before this fund will be
transferred to you within 7working days:

Please remember me in your daily prayers.

God Bless You.

Best Regards,

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