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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: "Mrs.Margaret Morgan" <charityorganizations06@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 08:40:58 -0700
Subject: Dear in Christ Fr. Michael Cockburn

Dear in Christ Fr. Michael Cockburn

I don't want you to feel sorry for me, because, I Believe Everyone will die
someday. My name is Mrs.Margaret Morgan I have been diagnosed with
esophageal cancer.

I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul so, I have decided to
give alms to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the last
good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have distributed money to some charity
organizations in the Oman, Algeria and Malaysia. Now that my health has
deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself anymore.

I once asked members of my family to close one of my accounts and
distribute the money which I have there to charity organization in Bulgaria
and Pakistan, they refused and kept the money to themselves.Hence, I do not
trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contended with what I have left
for them.The last of my money which no one knows of is the huge cash
deposit of united state dollars $61,000,000 that I have with a
finance/Security Company. I will want you to dispatch it to charity
organizations if only you will be sincere.

God be with you.

Mrs.Margaret Morgan

NB Please do not share my email address with anyone as I have received some
emails from some unscrupulous people claiming to be charity organizations
and
other weird stories.

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