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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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Fraud email example:

From: mary wilson <marymrswilson01@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2020 12:08:01 +0100
Subject: hi

Dearest Beloved,
After going through your profile I decided to contact you for friendship
and assistance and distribution of my inheritances have to say that I have
no intentions of causing you any Pains so I decided to contact you through
this medium. I got your Contact through a personal search via the internet.
As you read this, I don't want you to feel sorry for me, because, I Believe
everyone will die someday but the most important thing here is that I am
dying in the Lord.
My name is Mrs.Mary Wilson I am a dying woman who have decided to donate
What I have to you/ church/charity Organizations. I am 54 years old and I
was diagnosed with oesophageal Cancer for about 7 Years ago and now I
cannot hear and speak anymore, I am married to Sir Gerald Wilson Owen who
worked with British Judicial Commission in Chelsea England for over a
decade and also worked at the british consulate at Abidjan Cote d Ivoire
before he died on 5th of July in the year 1989. We were married For years
without a child and he has left me everything he worked for.
I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared For
anyone. Though I am very rich, I was never generous, I was always hostile
to people and only focus on my self as that was the only thing I Cared for.
But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life than
just wanting to have or make all the money in the world. I believe when God
gives me a second chance to come to this world I would live my life a
different way from how I have lived it. Now that I know My time is near I
have been touched by God to donate from what I have Inherited from my late
husband for the good work of God, rather than Allow my relatives to use my
husband hard earned funds ungodly.
Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this my self any
more. I once asked members of my family to Close one of my accounts and
donate the money, which I have there to Charity organization in Bulgaria;
they refused and kept the money to themselves. Hence, I do not trust them
anymore, as they seem not to be contended With what I have left for them.
The last of my money which is the huge Cash deposit of $3Million. Three
Million United States Dollars that I have with Financial Firm in Abidjan
Cote D Ivoire.
I will want you to Help me collect this deposit and dispatched it to
charity organizations And let them know that it is me Mary Wilson that is
making this Generous donation.
I am writing this from my laptop computer in my hospital bed where I wait
for my time to come. I pray that God uses you to support and assist me with
good heart Please pray that the good Lord forgives me my sins. I have asked
God to Forgive me and I believe he has because He is a merciful God. I will
be going in for an operation in less than few days. I decided to
WILL/donate the money to you for the good work of the lord, And also to
help the motherless and less privilege and also for the Assistance of the
widows according to (JAMES 1:27).
I took this decision because I do not have any child that will inherit this
money and my husband relatives are not inclined to helping poor Persons and
I do not want my husband's hard earned money to be misused Or spent in the
manner in which my late husband did not specify. At the moment I cannot
take any telephone calls right now due to the Fact that I cannot talk or
hear anymore.
I wish you All the best and May the good Lord bless you abundantly, and
please use The funds well and always extend the good work to others. please
send me your reply to this my private email address/
marymrswilson101@yahoo.com, to enable me to give you instruction on what
you to do.
Regards,
Mary Wilson Mrs.

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