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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: Marilis Mannik <marlismanniik4all@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Marilis Mannik <marilismannik4all@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2017 00:55:24 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Urgent From Hospital


Hello My Beloved
This is Ms Marilis Mannik from Estonia writing from the hospital here in Ivory Coast; I want you to know that I'm dying here in this hospital right now which i do not know if i will See some few days to come.
 
My Beloved, i was informed by my doctor that i got poisoned and it is only my liver and i can only live for some days. The reason why i contacted you today is because i know that my step mother wanted to kill me and take my inheritance From my late Father. I have a little adopted child named Andrew C. Mannik that i adopted in this Country when my late Father was alive and $ 3.5 million Dollars i inherited from my late father. My step mother and her children they are after Andrew right For they the hands of the poor, and because i handed the awesome of the poison, and my hands of
mother poisoned my food, for that reason they do not want Andrew to expose them, so they are doing Everything possible to kill him.
 
My Beloved, please i want you to help him out of this country with this money in this hospital right now and this hospital right now and this this you are reading now he is the one helping me out. I want you to get back to me so that it will be he knew how to have the know how to have it I would appreciate that the lawyer will assist you to change the documents of the fund to your name to Enable the bank transfer the money to you ..
 
This is the favor i need when you have gotten the fund:
 
(1) Keep 30% of the money for Andrew until he finished his studies to become a man as he has been for me as my lovely Son and i promised to support him in life to become a medical Doctor because he always desire for it With the scholarship he had won so far. I want you to take him along with you to
your country and establish him as your son.
 
(2) Give 20% of the money to handicap people and charity organization. The remaining 50% should be yours for your help to Andrew.
 
This should be a code between you and my son Andrew in this transaction "Hospital" any mail from him, the Lawyer he will direct you, without this code "Hospital" is not from the Andrew, the Lawyer or myself as i Do not know what will happen to me next in the next few hours.
 
Andrew is 14years now, therefore guide him.. If you do not hear from you i will look for another person or any organization .
 
May Almighty God bless you and use you to accomplish my wish. Pray for me always.
Ms Marilis Mannik

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