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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. Mary Clement" <mrsmaryclement1988@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Mrs. Mary Clement" <maclement1988@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 20:50:29 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Re: Greetings sir/madam !!!


Greetings sir/madam !!!





My name is Mrs Mary Clement a widow to Late Mr.Paul Clement  who was a competent business man here in Abidjan Cote d'ivoire , we were married for many years without any child till his death in October 2005 after a brief illness. Due to the promise which I made to him on our wedding day, I decided not to remarry or get a child outside my matrimonial home.
He made this deposit of $( 2.7 Million )USD Two million Seven hundred thousand in a bank here in Abidjan . He took this decision with me to use this fund in building an orphanage in his name that will accommodate thousand's of children and also to use part of this fund in helping the less fortunate and to spread the gospel of the lord to the remote places of the world. Recently, my Doctor told me that i would not last for the next 5 months due to cancer & stroke illness.

Having known my condition i decided to seek for a competent and reliable God fearing person or orgnisation to entrust this fund to utilize it the way i narrated above as my late husband desired.

As soon as i receive your reply i shall give you the relevant documents that will legalize you to have access over this fund. I will also issue you an affidavit that will proove you the present beneficiary of this fund in the bank. I want you to always pray for me because the lord is my shepherd.

Please always be prayerful all through your life and pray to God to forgive me my sins. Any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing for another alternative or a God fearing person for this same purpose. Assure me that you will act accordingly as i stated herein. Hoping to receive your reply.

Your's Sister in faith,
Mrs Mary Clement

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