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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: MONICA LUCERO <lucero.m2010@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 09:31:39 +0100
Subject: Fund Donation to Help Orphans & Widows

>From Sister Monica Lucero
U.S. Naval Hospital Naples, Italy
PSC 827 Box 1000 Italy
E-mail: m.lucero@yandex.com

Beloved ,

I am Sister Monica Lucero from Italy. I married to Engr. Emmanuel
Lucero ,Italian National who worked with the United Nations for nine
years before he died in 2012. We were married for eleven years without
a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only seven
days. Before his death, both of us are born again Christian. Since his
death I decided not to remarry or get a child outside my matrimonial
home which the Bible is against. When my husband was alive he made a
deposit sum of ($10.7 Million) with a bank.

Currently, the fund is still in the bank (Credit Lyonnaise). I have
decided to donate this fund to less privileged ones and want this
money to be utilize the way I would recommend here due to my
ill-health. I want a anybody that will use this fund for Orphanages
homes and Widows. I took this decision because I do not have any child
that will inherit this money and my husband will miss-use the money in
their own way as I do not want my husband's efforts to be in vain or
used wrongly . I do not want a situation whereby this money will be
used in an ungodly manner. You can also invest the fund into any
lucrative business of your choice over there and use the profit to do
the work.

I do not need a telephone communication in this regard because of my
health hence the presence of my husband's relatives around me always
and I do not want them to know about this development. As soon as I
get an answer from you I will give you contact of the bank .Please do
pray for me . My happiness is that I lived a life worthy Christian.

I look forward for your urgent response via the above email id for more details.

Remain blessed
Yours in sincerly,
Sister Monica Lucero

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