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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. Gladys Martin" <sheilagoodson11@gmail.com>
Reply-To: gladysmartin217@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 07:14:14 -0800
Subject: I am Mrs. Gladys Martin

Hello
I am Mrs. Gladys Martin , from USA, was married to late Mr Christian
Martin, now widowed, currently resides in Dubai -United Arab Emirates
with my only daughter Stephanie Martin, she is 16 years of age, I
am writing to ask for your help to please accept my child in the name
of God and help me to raise her up, I grew up as an orphan and now a
widow, I have nobody to help take care of her because I was recently
diagnosed cancer and I have only two months to live, I don’ t want her
to suffer again because she has suffered a lot ever since the death of
her father and my illness, we have the sum of $2,000,000.00 (Two
Million Dollars ) inside a box in a security company here in
DUBAI-United Arab Emirates which we inherited from her late father (my
husband) We are willing to transfer this box of money to you while you
help my daughter to come over to your country to continue her
education, and take care of her needs until she grow up and be able to
take care of herself, she is a lovely child and I don’t want her to
suffer anymore, my husband people abandoned us and confiscated all my
husband properties in the states, and even planned to kills us due to
their greed, we are hiding here in DUBAI and I don’t want anything to
happen to my beloved child, please help me adopt her as your own child
and give her the best in life, please do that and God will bless you
and your family, We are willing to offer you the 20% of the total
money I told you about if you help me to adopt my child and train her
for me. Like I said before, I have only two months to live due to this
cancer illness. Please help us.
please reply here (gladysmartin217@gmail.com)
Thanks for your help
Yours
Gladys and Stephanie

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