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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: MS MAUREEN GREAVE <bellouu4@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mgreaves975@aol.com
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2021 07:27:38 +0100
Subject: My Beloved in Christ,

My Beloved in Christ ,

Permit me to share with you, my desire to go into Godly business
partnership with you.I got your profound contact email from a
computerized data, following my fasting & praying effort searching for
a reliable and trustworthy person to assist me in this venture.I am
Mrs. Maureen Greaves, married to Late Alan Greaves (PhD} who worked
with ( Total S.A.) the French Multinational Integrated Oil and Gas
Company and one of the five "Super major" oil companies in the world
as their Africa drilling rig supplier for 17 years before his death On
Christmas Eve 2013.Before his death we were both devout born again
Christian lay-preacher and former social worker and my late husband
Alan Greaves; was an organist at the church for 40 years,before he was
attacked and he was pickaxed on his way to midnight mass at St.
Savior's Church in Sheffield and died in hospital three days later .
You can confirm this link as follows; confirm this link as stated
below:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2529286/A-year-murder-organists-widow-breaks-vigil.html

A year after his murder, organist Alan Graves' widow ...
www.dailymail.co.uk The widow of a church organist fatally injured on
Christmas Eve last year played a leading role in an emotional
candlelit service at the spot where he was attacked ...

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-25417344


When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of ($15.5M) with a
bank in Cotonou Benin where he worked for 17 years last as the (Total
S.A.) Africa drilling rig supplier.I am contacting you because of the
recent report from my Doctor told me that I have some weeks to live
due to cardiac and kidney failure problem, having known my condition,
I seek your concept and permission to present you to the bank as my
late husband foreign investors to retrieve the fund and utilize for
establishing an orphanages home for the poor.

Hoping to receive your response immediately.

Thanks and Remain blessed in the Lord.

I Remain yours sister in Christ.
Mrs. Maureen A. Greaves
(Church Army evangelist).

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