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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: Danois Laurel <fadillesall23@gmail.com>
Reply-To: danoislurel@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2022 14:01:53 -0800
Subject: Re; Respond urgently

Dear Beloved,

My dear, I know it will be a great surprise to you reading from me today as
we did not know each other before. I would like you to please take time and
go through this mail, it is the situation of things surrounding me that
made me cry out to ask you for investment assistance in your country
because I never knew things would turn out this way after the painful death
(assassin) of my beloved husband by his people.

My Name is Mrs. Danois Laurel an orphan, I am writing this mail to you with
heavy tears in my eyes and great sorrow in my heart, I married to Mr.
Danois Rayan Hichem who worked with the Sonatrach oil and gas as top senior
officer before his death and i became sick and very unwell to continue the
work that i started with my husband, since his death I decided not to
re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the word of God
is against. We were married for 32 years without a child. When my late
husband was alive he deposited the sum of $3.7 Million in a bank with my
name as the next of kin, presently, this money is still with the Bank.

Recently my doctor told me that I would not last for long periods due to my
cancer problem and My late husband's relatives who should have assisted me
in this situation are greedy and worldly; since my ill- health they have
stolen and converted all of my late husband's properties to their private
use simply because i did not have a Child. Living me to battle my sickness
alone.

Having known my condition I decided to hand over this money to you to
utilize it the way I am going to instruct herein. This money was deposited
by me and my husband for the future of our children. Now that we did not
have any, I decided to give it to charity. I want you to take 30% Percent
of the total money for your personal use while the remaining 70% will be
invested by you for the benefit and education of the less
privileged/orphans in the society. I grew up as an orphan and I know the
pains and sorrow that are associated with it and it is now my desire to use
this money to assist them so that God will have pity and cleanse my sins.

I shall be going in for surgery soon and desire this money to be
transferred to you as I do not wish to leave this money in the bank because
bankers might misuse it and it will not be in the best interest of the poor
and the needy.

As soon as I receive your urgent response I will instruct our attorney to
write my WILL with your name" that will prove you the present beneficiary
of the money in the bank, which is if you assure me that you will act
accordingly as I Stated herein.

I need your urgent response as I don't know what tomorrow will result,

Yours sincerely,
Danois Laurel

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