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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: Marina Bagni <marinabagnidaniel@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 07:34:58 +0000
Subject: HELLO,

Greetings to you and your family in the name of The Almighty God. My
names are Mrs. Marina Bagni Daniels a widow, a citizen of (Canada) I have
been suffering from brain tumor disease. At this moment i am about to end
the race like this because the illness has gotten to a very bad stage,
without any family members and no child. that you will not expose or betray
this trust and confident that I am about to entrust on you for the mutual
benefit of the orphans and the less privileges ones. I have some funds I
inherited from my late husband, the total sum of($ 9,650,000.00, Nine
Million Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars) deposited with the Bank,
with my name as the legal rightful next of kin's. Having known my present
health status, I decided to entrust this fund to you believing that you
will utilize it the way i am going to instruct herein.
Therefore I need you to assist me and reclaim this money and use it for
humanitarian Charity works, for orphanages and gives justice and help to
the poor, needy and to promote the words of God and the effort that the
house of God will be maintained says The Lord. Jeremiah 22:15-16.

It will be my pleasure to compensate you with 35 % percent of the total
money for your effort in handling the transaction, 5 % percent for any
expenses that may occur during the international transfer process while 60%
of the money will go to the charity project.

All I require from you is sincerity and ability to complete this
humanitarian project that requires absolute trust and devotion without any
failure. It will be my pleasure to see that the bank has finally release
and transfer the fund into your bank account therein country even before I
die here in the hospital, because of my present health status everything
need to be process rapidly as soon as possible. I am waiting for your
immediate reply, if only you are interested for further details of the
transaction and execution of this charitable project for the glory and
honor of God.
Best Regards.
Yours sincerely Mrs. Mrs. Marina Bagni Daniels.

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