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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: "Mr.Margaret Bennett"<margaret@bamboo.lu>
Reply-To: margbennet638@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 01:29:17 -0500
Subject: Praise be to God


Hello dear, how are you today, hope you are good, with grateful heart and g=
race of God, you are blessed.I know that this will come to you as a surpris=
e but i am contacting you from the direction of God. I am Mrs Margaret Benn=
ett, from Dublin, Scotland, i have been a missionary for 23 years before i =
fell sick and was transferred back to my country, i was diagnose of cancer =
and with that i could not be able to continue with my missionary work and c=
oupled with my age. i was married to late Mr Johnson Bennett who died in a =
car crash. He worked as a construction contractor. My aim of contacting you=
is that while i was in my missionary work, my late husband deposited some =
amount of money in a bank, before he died, he wished that the money be used=
to help the poor, the less privilege, care for the orphans and also suppor=
t the work of God but since i could not be able to continue with this due t=
o my sickness, i desire to entrust the fund to you so you can complete the =
wish of my husband and i want you to promise me that you will use this fund=
as i have wished. please i want you to contact me back so we can discuss a=
nd proceed on how to transfer this fund to you as i await for the call of G=
od because i know that even if i die today that my heart will not tremble b=
ecause i know i have achieved a lot for God and humanity and the good Lord =
will accept me. =

Thanks and Christ be with you. Amen =

Margaret Bennett

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