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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: Edith Marie Roland <edithmarieroland@gmail.com>
Reply-To: edithmarierolandalain@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2017 15:37:00 +0100
Subject: Greetings


Hello my Beloved in God,
With warm hearts I offer my greetings to you in the name of our God, and I
hope this letter finds you in good time, I know that this message will
appear as a surprise to you that we barely know but the grace of God
directed me to you and I wish you read this message and be blessed in the
name of God.
My name is Mrs. Edith Marie Roland, a French Nationality, married to late
Mr. David Roland Alain. My late husband was a consultant with TOTAL Oil
Company in Benin Republic for 19yrs before he died on a heart attack in
2009, (May his soul rest in peace) and since then, I took over his business
but since June 2015, I was diagnosed with oesophagus cancer which is giving
me terrible pains at the moment.
My doctor just informed me that my days are numbered because of my health
condition. Currently, am admitted in a hospital here in Cotonou (Benin)
which I have tried all I could without improvement.
My aim of contacting you now is that hence my health condition weakens
badly every day and the doctor has informed me that I will not live longer
on earth again and no one to leave my legacy hence I had no child with my
late husband.
I have a fixed deposit of €3,500,000 (Three Million five hundred thousand
euros) with Bank Of Africa Benin where me and my late husband lived for
26yrs and considering my present condition of health, I have decided to
donate the funds to you so that you will help me to establish a charitable
foundation in my memory so that the grace of God can be with me, and when
am laid to rest, my soul can rest in the Kingdom of God because I believe
it's the only way that God can forgive my sins and accept me in His Kingdom.
I have trust in you because I have prayed to God for several nights to
direct me to a sincere person to whom I can entrust this work of humanity
and it is the result of why I searched on my bedside computer before I got
your email address and decided to contact you for this work of humanity.
Know that you can keep half of the money for yourself and the rest will be
used to create a charitable foundation in my memory and to help promote
fight against cancer.
Kindly ensure that the fund will be used as i have directed you. I count on
your goodwill and especially on the proper use of these funds because I
strongly believe that God will help you as I pass the right of next of kin
to you.
I will like to hear from you as soon as possible so I can direct you on how
to contact the bank for the claim as I don't know how long I may live on
earth now.
Awaiting your prompt reply,
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Edith Marie Roland

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