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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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From: leamangou01@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2020 10:14:32 +0000
Subject: urgently

Untitled form

To fill it out, visit:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeDq_4AewKTsK4dkrMlOpd8Nosx4ocYJak1gLcbYjOH6R-k0g/viewform?vc
Greeting from mrs.Lene Martino,

With Due Respect and Humanity, I was compelled to write to you a undera
humanitarian ground. My name is Mrs.Lene Martino I am from Ireland, I am 60
yrs old, I am married to late Dr.Joseph Samuel Martino, who has worked on
Oil Company in Cote d'Ivoire.He died after a Cardiac Arteries
Operation..

I am currently undergoing treatment for ovarian cancer in a hospital here
in cote d'Ivoire, my doctors told me that my condition has worsened and
obviously cannot survive unless by special grace of God.

We were married for thirty three years without children. Before the death
of my husband, he had deposited the sum of Five million five hundred
thousand dollars (USD 5, 500,000) in a security company here with the hope
of establishing a trust funds.Today, money is still with the security
company unclaimed.

For this I decided to donate the funds for humanitarian purposes through a
God fearing person or the organization that will use it to support
orphanage homes,homes for the elderly, widows and propagating the word of
God.

I took this decision because we have no children who will inherit the money
and my husband had decided on establishing this project before his untimely
death.

Therefore, please accept this proposal and help me achieve my heart desire
to receive the funds and carry out humanitarian projects as appointed
administrator. If you accept this offer, you will be entitled to 20% of the
total money as operating expenses or compensation, while the rest will be
used for humanitarian projects.

If you will be of help to me, please reply immediately. Surely appreciate
and thank you for your kindness in giving me this help A made of
compensation for your urgent assistance to me .please kindly reply me
immediately you got this mail with this my private
email(lenemartino01@yahoo.co.jp)

Yours sincerely

Mrs.Lene Martino

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