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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: MARIA FABBRIS <mariafabb409@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mfabb44@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2015 09:46:32 -0700
Subject: Greetings My Dear Friend!

Dear Friend,

Greetings in the name of God,Please let this not sound strange to you
for my only surviving lawyer who would have done this died early this
year. I prayed and got your email id from your country guestbook. I am
Mrs. Maria Fabbris from London,I am 61 years old,i am suffering from a
long time cancer of the lungs which also affected my brain,from all
indication my conditions is really deteriorating and it is quite
obvious that, according to my doctors they have advised me that i may
not live for the next four months,this is because the cancer stage has
gotten to a very bad stage.

I was brought up from a motherless babies home was married to my late
husband for twenty years without a child,my husband died in a fatal
motor accident Before his death we were true believers.Since his death
I decided not to re-marry,I sold all my inherited belongings and
deposited all the sum of $10million dollars with a bank in
Europe.Presently,this money is still with them an! d the management
just wrote me as the true owner to come forward to receive the money
for keeping it so long or rather issue a letter of authorization to
somebody to receive it on my behalf since I can not come over because
of my illness or they get it confiscated.

Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital where I have been
undergoing treatment for cancer of the lungs. my doctors have told me
that I have only a few months to live.It is my last wish to see that
this money is invested to any organization of your choice and
distributed each year among the charity organization,the poor and the
motherless babies home.I want you as God fearing person, to also use
this money to fund church,mosque, orphanages and widows,I took this
decision, before i rest in peace because my time will so on be up.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of my
bank.I will also issue you a letter of authority that will prove you
as the new beneficiary of my fund.Please assure me that you will act
accordingly as I stated herein.

Hoping to hear from you soon.

NAME:__________SURNAME:__________________SEX: _____ AGE:
______MARITAL:_______________COUNTRY: ______CONTACT ADDRESS:
________________________PHONE NO#___________FAX

NO#_________________OCCUPATION:______________

waiting for you information

Mrs.Maria Fabbris.

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