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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: Margaret J <margjkinss65@emssistemas.com.br>
Reply-To: <margkins65@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 12:46:03 +0300
Subject: Beloved: Are you in Grand Port, Mahebourg =?UTF-8?Q?=3F?=



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Date: September 29, 2014.


Beloved,


With a good heart I write to establish relationship with you and May
the peace of our good lord be with you. I am Sis. Margaret Jenkins a
Mauritian, presently living in a town called Grand Port, in Mahébourg
Mauritious.I'm a widow, though I lived the better part of my life
working with my husband, Robert Jenkins of blessed memories in the field
of prospecting and Mining for solid minerals in Africa. Between us (I
and Robert) we made a fortune from solid minerals until he passed on in
a fatal motor accident when he was trying to escape an ambush by robbers
in the DR Congo.


After this hurrible incident, I was diagnosed of Oaesophagal Cancer
which I have been fighting with for some years now. This sickness has
defied all forms of Chemo and Radio therapy. I have since lost my power
of speech as a result of unsuccessful vocal fold nodules (VFNs) surgery.
Life has become unbearable, and as it seems, I can only communicate
through writing at the moment. I was flown out from a Specialist
Hospital in Stockholm in 17th December 2013 to my country home in Grand
Port because both Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy treatments in
Norrbottens Lans Landsting wasn't a success. I was placed on observation
for few months at Onkologiskt Centrum Vastra Sjukvårdsregionen in Sweden
hoping my situation would get better, unfortunately reverse was the
case, I decided at last to come back home to send my last days, knowing
too well that this neccessary end will come when it would.



Beloved, it is not my wish to say this but with faith I am confident I
will make it to be in peace, I have just few months left to live as
confirmed by my cancerologists Doctor Gittan Sunnergren & Dr. Christer
Lundberg. I want nature and the Almighty to be merciful to me and accept
my soul if I finally pass on. I have decided to give my wealth to
Charity organizations and the poor around the world. Now that my health
has deteriorated so badly and I am now bed-ridden, I cannot handle the
distribution of my wealth for charitable purposes myself.


I am contacting you because my family has failed me severally,
recently, i instructed them to close three of my accounts in Luxembourg
and Africa and donate what was left to the motherless/Charity homes
across Asia, South America and Africa and give me report of those that
benefited from it, at least list of people that signed acceptence note
and that was the last I heard from them. They greedily refused and kept
the monies for personal use. I do not trust them anymore, they failed me
and can't earn my trust, i won't entrust anything to them again. Though,
I have forgiven them all because if our good Lord forgives, why won't i
forgive anyone that succumbed to the desire of the flesh which am
confident they will redeem in one way or the other. The last of my funds
which none of them knew of is the deposit I and Robert kept in a
reliable safe deposit firm in Africa from the covert sales of Diamonds,
Saphire, rose quartz, jade, peridot, chryroprase,golden beryl, lapis
lazali,Emerald and Topaz.


I want to entrust this in care of a total stranger, Can you help me to
collect this deposit and distribute it to Charity organizations and the
poor in Asia, south America and across Africa using your discretion and
earn 10% of the funds as your fee/commission for this humanitarian work?

Please if you are the greedy type, please don't bother to reply to this
email, if not, write back and I will give you more details in regards to
what is expected of you etc.


May the Peace of the Almighty be with you.


Sis. Margaret J.

Email: margjkinss65@gmail.com

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