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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: prueba@asesoresenseguros.com.mx
Reply-To: martins.doris001@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 11:42:36 -0400
Subject: Please find this very urgent


Dear Sir/Ma, Greetings to you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; I know =
that a message of this magnitude could make you curious for the fact that y=
ou do not know me in person, especially on these times when people are self=
-conscious and shut themselves away from others due to the news that overfl=
ow with tragedies, scammers, money laundry and grotesque events around the =
world, but i assure you that this email is of good faith and 100% risk free=
. However, my name is Doris Martins the wife of late Mr. Francis Martins wh=
o was murdered by an agent of the ruling government of President Robert Mug=
abe, for his alleged support and sympathy for Zimbabweans opposition party =
and over a land dispute. This land problem arose when the President Introdu=
ced a new Land Act that wholly affected the rich white farmers but some few=
blacks vehemently condemned the Modus adopted by the government which resu=
lted in rampant killing and mob actions. My husband was among the few riche=
st black Zimbabwean farmers and during his initial period of explosive farm=
growth he took me to South Africa to deposit the sum of Twenty Million fiv=
e hundred United States Dollars in Savannah Security/Finance Company and de=
clared the contents as family treasure because he knew the looming danger i=
n Zimbabwe. This money was deposited as Gem/Precious Stones in order to avo=
id much demurrages and it was earmarked for the purchase of machinery and c=
hemicals for our farms and also for the establishment of new farm in Switze=
rland and Lesotho. Since the death of my husband, I and my only son are cur=
rently staying in Refugees/Asylum Center here in United Kingdom for securit=
y purpose and we have been unfortunate to find ourselves caught up in a ver=
y difficult situation because the British governments are not really taking=
very good care of us. Nevertheless, I am about to entrust the destiny of m=
y family on your shoulder if you would help us and it will be of immense be=
nefit to you. I would like you to help me withdraw the entire money which m=
y late husband deposited in the security firm in South Africa so I could st=
art a new life here or outta country. I am contacting you because I got you=
r contact email online from the British Network Exchange with respect to yo=
ur position and good personality also because the immigration law over here=
does not allow refugee seekers to open or operate bank account and that is=
why I need your assistance. So if you are willing to help me, please kindl=
y reply my email by indicating your interest, your full name, phone/fax num=
ber, contact address and thereafter percentage will be discussed and more d=
etails will be relied to you contact me through my personal email address: =
martins.doris001@gmail.com. Thanks in anticipation and God bless you. Doris=
Martins=20

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