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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: Jana Markova <usauthority2020@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Jana Markova <lubasalun@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 04:10:50 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Urgent!!!


God Bless You as You Devote Your Time Reading This Mail
 
May God Bless You as You read. I am Mrs Jana Markova,suffering from cancerous ailment. I am indeed sorry for contacting you through this means. However, I assure you that it is confidential and genuine.
 
I was married to Mr. Ryan Markova, my husband worked with Chevron/Texaco in Kuwait for twenty years before he died in the year 2013 during the Spain Train Crash
in Santiago De July 24 which took him away from me.

My late husband deposited the sum of $17.5 Million (Seventeen Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) with a Bank in USA. I want you to take 40 percent
of the total money for your personal use while 60% of the money will go to charity" people in the street and helping the orphanage.
 
Recently,I am currently in
India for the past two months undergoing treatment and my Doctor told me that I have limited days to live due to the stroke and cancerous problems have been suffering from.I have decided to donate this funds to charity Home through you and want you to use my husbands effort to fund the upkeep of widows and charities worldwide.
 
I took this decision because I did not have a child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are bourgeois and very wealthy persons and I do not want my husband hard earned money to be misused, so In his Faith i have decided to do this for GOD as i Await your urgent reply.
 
With God all things are possible.
 
Mrs Jana Markova

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