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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 Grace Boyi <mrsgraceby1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsgrace.boyi@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 03:48:25 +0100
Subject: FR0M MRS GRACE BOYI PLEASE READ THIS EMAIL FROM A WIDOW

My Dear Good Friend


I crave your indulgence at this mail coming from somebody like me, whom you
do not know before. I decided to do this after praying over the situation.
You should please consider the transaction on its content and not the fact
that you have not known me before.


I need not dwell on how I came by your contact information because there
are many such possibilities these days.I would like to introduce myself as
MRS.GRACE BOYI, of Republic of Benin, a widow to Late MR.DAVID BOYI (for
Consular of the Benin Embassy in Madrid, Spain.


I have been recently been diagnosed of Cancer of the Pelvic and attending
my medical treatment at St Victoria Private Clinic here in Benin Republic.
I am writing to you now from my sick bed because of how this transfer is
urgent to me.There is US$18.5 (Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand
United State Dollars) my husband has in an account with the AFRICAN
DEVELOPMENT BANK, of which I am the next of kin.


With my health condition and because my husband and I have no children,I am
looking for a credible person that will not betrayed me to whom I will pass
the right of next of kin. This person will apply to the bank and request
for the transfer of the fund to his/her bank account. This is on the
condition that you will take only 30% of the fund for yourself,10% used for
expenses, while you will use the remaining 60% for the less privilege
people in the society.


I will issue you my late husband STANDING ORDER WILL which he wrote and
send a copy to the bank before he died which my appointed next of kin have
to present a copy to the bank as the real appointed before the bank will
release the fund into his account, which i promise to issue you a copy of
the ORDER WILL to proceed for the release of the fund.

This is in fulfillment of the last request of my husband: that a
substantial part of the fund be used to carter for the less privileged.If
this condition is acceptable to you, you should contact my private doctor
immediately with your full names and contact information as indicated below
so that my doctor will inform me on contacting him so that i will use your
contact to write to my bank here to proceed on processing for an immediate
release of the fund into your account.


I will also ask our family lawyer to prepare an authorization letter that
will give you the right of next of kin to the deposited fund with the
bank.. I will also give you a letter of claim which you will fill and send
to the bank for the claim.I cannot predict what will be my fate by the time
the fund will be transferred into your account, but you should please
ensure that the fund is used as i have described above.


Kindly send this required information immediately and call my doctor on his
direct telephone number so that he will inform me for further process.Note
that i had let him know everything about this project as he may assist you
here for the process or contact me on my private email(mrsgraceboyi@)


1.Your Full Name/ Full Address
2.Your Age/ Sex
3.Your Marital Status
4.Your Occupation
5.Your Mobile Numbers

Thank you and May God bless you.



Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Grace Boyi

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