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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 Marym Birgoren sukru." <mrsmarymbirgorensukru1@adexec.com>
Reply-To: mrsmarymbirgorensukru@fasogroup.net
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 06:07:10 -0400
Subject: Your urgent letter is needed immediately




My Dearest,

I want you to read this letter very carefully and i must apologize for
bringing this massage to your box without any formal introduction due
to the urgency

confidential of this issue. I am happy to know you. But Almighty Lord
knows you better and know why he directed me to you at this point. I
am writing this mail

to you with heavy tears In my eyes and great sorrow in my heart, My
Name is Mrs Marym Birgoren sukru, I want to tell you this because I
don't

have any other option than to tell you as I was touched to open up to
you, I married to Mr.Birgoren sukru who worked with Turkish embassy in
France for nine

years before he died in the year 2007.We were married for eleven years
without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only
five days. Since his death I

decided not to remarry, When my late husband was alive he deposited
the sum of US$ 8.5M (Eight Million Five hundred Thousand Dollars) in
bank in

Ouagadougou the capital city of Burkina Faso in west Africa Presently
this money is still in bank He made this money available for
exportation of Gold from

Burkina Faso mining.

Recently, I suffer from throat cancer terminally ill. My Doctor told
me that i am condemned to certain death due to cancer problem. The one
that disturbs me

most is my stroke sickness .Having known my condition I decided to
hand you over this money to take care of the less-privileged people,
you will utilize this
money the way I am going to instruct herein.

I want you to take 30 Percent of the total money for your personal use
While 70% of the money will go to charity" people in the street and
helping the

orphanage. I grew up as an Orphan and I don't have anybody as my
family member, just to endeavor that the house of God is maintained.
Am doing this so that

God will forgive my sins and accept my soul because these sicknesses
have suffered me so much.

As soon a s I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the
bank in Burkina Faso and I will also instruct the Bank Manger to issue
you an authority letter

that will prove you the present beneficiary of the money in the bank
that is if you assure me that you will act accordingly as I Stated
herein.

Thanks
Mrs. Marym Birgoren sukru.

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