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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: Dayita Mukesh <chinazaraph19@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mukeshdayita@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2022 13:51:00 +0300
Subject: Hello my dear friend

Hello my dear friend,

I am writing this post to you with heavy tears in my eyes and great concern in my heart, My name is Ms. Dayita Mukesh, I am contacting you from my country India I want to tell you this because I have no other option than to tell you When I touched to open up, I got married to Mr. Peter Mukesh, who worked with the Embassy of Tunisia in Madrid Spain for nine years before he died in 2005. We had been married eleven years with no children.

He died after a brief illness that lasted only five days. Since his death I have decided not to get married. When my late husband was alive he put the sum of $ 45,850,000.00 (forty-five million eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars) in a bank here in India New Delhi the capital of New Delhi India. Currently this money is still in the bank, he made this money available for the export of gold from Madrid Spain mining before his sudden death. Recently my doctor told me that I would not last for 3 months before I also became a cancer problem. The one that bothers me the most is my stroke disease. After knowing my condition, I made up my mind to hand this money over to you,

I want you to take 30 percent of the total money for your personal use and for your endeavor and dedication towards charity project work, while 70% of the money goes to charity project work, people in need off the street and helping the orphanage, I grew up an orphan up and I have no body as my family member. Also, make sure that the house of God is maintained by the means. I do this so that God will forgive my sins and accept my soul because these diseases have suffered me so much. As soon as I get your reply I will give you the contact of the bank here in Delhi India and I will also instruct the bank manager to give you a letter of authority proving you the current beneficiary of the money in the bank,

Hoping to get your answer then I will go with you to the bank for the money transfer to your bank account as soon as possible, that is when you are serious enough to handle the project and also devote your effort, because I do think i can honestly trust you

Sincerely,
Contact Email: mukeshdayita@gmail.com
From Mrs. Dayita Mukesh

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