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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: Magdalena Debek <magdalenadebek1965@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Magdalena Debek <magdalenadebek@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 01:36:52 +0900 (JST)
Subject: GREETING TO YOU


Dear beloved in God
>
>I
greet you in the Name of God, most merciful, I am  Mrs. Magdalena
Debek  married to Mr.Debek Jerzy who worked with Kuwait embassy in Cote
D'Ivoire  for many years
>
>before he died and We were married without a child.

>When
my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of (USD$3.000.000.00)
three million dollars in a Bank  and this money is still in bank.
Recently, my Doctor told me
>
>that I would not last for the next
Three months due to cancer problem.the one that disturbs me most is my
stroke sickness, Having known my condition I decided to donate
>
>this money to a trustworthy individual that will utilize this money the way I am going
to instruct herein

>I want you to use this fund for orphanages, propagating the word of
God and to endeavour that the house of God is maintained.I took this decision because I don't have
>
>any
child that will inherit this fund and my husband relatives are evil
minded and I don't want my husband's efforts to be used by evil
plotters.I don't need any
>
>telephone communication in this regard
because of my health. If you have the interest of helping the less
privileged living around your locality with your true heart and
>
>wish
to extend your Godly help to these people in the society and be blessed
through way, Please do respond to this email at your convenience with
your details as
>
>follows; With God all things are possible. As
soon as I receive your reply with the information i request below I
shall give you the contact of the Bank

>I await your soonest response with your full information, example.
>Your full
name.......................
>Occupation:...........................
>Address.....................................
>Age...........................................
>Country.................................
>Tel....................................

>Any delay to the reply of this letter will give me another chance of looking for another person concerning this letter.
>
>Greetings from nurse Sonia writing on behalf of Mrs Magdalena Debek
>

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