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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: "Maria Paolo Dieci" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <paolodiecimarialuisa@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 04:58:10 -0700
Subject: MY CHARITY DONATION TO YOU FRIEND

Dear beloved Friend

I am Maria Lusia Dieci, the wife to Paolo Dieci who founded the Italian NGO International Committee for the Development of peoples who died untimely in an Ethiopian Air crash of the month march 2019. You can
view this web site for your perusal to find the name of my late husband , I am in pain and currently devastated .

We are hospitable people and decided to serve mankind to the best of our ability. Prior the death of my husband Dieci,
I have been diagnosed of cancer ,I am living in pains and fighting effortlessly to live a normal life but all to no avail. I write to you, having sourced your address from an online charity email data base. However before the death of my husband
, my family had a joint account and deposited the sum of $45,000,000 with a security firm in USA.

The purpose of this email is to propose an investment plan to you using the funds with the security company in USA. Regardless of where you are, in or outside the states, I will be willing to support your business on the basis that thirty percent of your turnover from my capital given to you would be used for charity donations.
This is absolutely risk free and requires no payment to acquire. I am doing this because I have less than 6 months to live as a human I therefore need a reliable fellow to champion my course by receiving this funds, investing it in private business and donating thirty percent of profit generated to the less privilege or if you are not into any business,
you can receive the funds as my next of kin and assist me in distributing it to the less privilege but you must be honest ,do not bother responding if you are not honest or sincere. If you are interested, please send a reply for further details.

Sincerely
Kinds Regards
Mrs Maria Lusia Paolo Dieci

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