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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 Daniels <marinabagnidaniel@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2019 08:53:08 +0000
Subject: Hello Dear Friend,

Hello Dear Friend,
It's my pleasure to contact you for your urgent assistant in this
charitable investment project in your country, haven't know each other or
meet before, but I know that everything is controlled by our beloved Master
and there is nothing that is impossible to God almighty. You and I can
cooperate together in the service of the Lord. I pray that Jesus will touch
your heart to help me out in this charitable Investment project in your
country.
My names are Mrs. Marina Daniels a widow, I'm diagnosed with 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.
I need your sincerity and ability to carry out the transaction and fulfill
my final wish in implementing the charitable project that requires absolute
trust and devotion without any failure. I will be glad to see that the bank
has finally release and transfer the fund into your bank account in your
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.
Urgently waiting to hear from you, if only you are interested for further
details of the transaction and execution of this humanitarian project for
the glory and honor of God the merciful compassionate

Graciously,
Mrs. Marina Daniels.

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