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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: "Miss.Maya" <mayaouedrago22@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 May 2022 10:23:09 +0000
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?56eB44KS5Yqp44GR44Gm44GP44Gg44GV44GE?=

私を助けてください

私はこのメールを涙を流しながら書いています。私の目には大きな悲しみがあります。私の名前はマヤ・ウエドラゴ夫人です。チュニジアから来ました。ブルキナファソの病院から連絡を取ります。親愛なる神の選択に感動したので、あなたに話す以外の選択肢はありません

涙を流しながらこのメールを書いています。私の目には大きな悲しみがあります。私の名前はマヤ・ウエドラゴ夫人です。チュニジアから来ました。ブルキナファソの病院から連絡を取ります。私はあなたに心を開いて感動したので、あなたに話す以外に選択肢はありません。私はブルキナファソのチュニジア大使と9年間働いたouedragoBrown氏と結婚しました。彼は2010年に亡くなりました。子供なしで11年間結婚した。

彼はたった5日間続いた短い病気の後で死にました。彼の死後、私は再婚しないことに決めました。亡くなった夫が生きていたとき、彼は西アフリカの首都ブルキナファソのワガドゥグーにある銀行に総額850万米ドル(850万ドル)を預けました。銀行の中。彼はこのお金をブルキナファソの鉱業からの金の輸出に利用できるようにしました。

最近、私の医者は私が癌の問題のために7ヶ月間は続かないだろうと私に言いました。私を最も悩ませているのは脳卒中の病気です。私の状態を知ったので、私はこのお金をあなたに渡して、恵まれない人々の世話をすることにしました。あなたはこのお金を私がここで指示する方法で利用するでしょう。合計金額の30%を個人的に使ってほしいですが、70%はチャリティーに寄付されます」通りの人々と孤児院を助けています。私は孤児として育ちましたが、家族には誰もいません。この病気が私をとても苦しめたので、神が私の罪を赦し、彼の楽園で私の魂を受け入れるようにこれをしているのです。

返信を受け取り次第、ブルキナファソの銀行の連絡先をお知らせします。また、銀行の現在の受取人であることを証明する権限書を発行するよう銀行長に指示します。私がここで述べたようにあなたがそれに応じて行動することを私に保証してください。

マヤ・ウエドラゴ夫人から











please help me

I am writing this mail to you with heavy tears In my eyes and great
sorrow in my heart, My Name is Mrs Maya ouedrago, I am from Tunisia
and I am contacting you from a Hospital in Burkina Faso, I want to
tell you this because I don't have any other option than to tell you
as I was touched to Dear God's Select

I am writing this mail to you with heavy tears In my eyes and great
sorrow in my heart, My Name is Mrs Maya ouedrago, I am from Tunisia
and I am contacting you from a Hospital in Burkina Faso, I want to
tell you this because I don't have any other option than to tell you
as I was touched to open up to you, I married to Mr. ouedrago Brown
who worked with Tunisia Ambassador in Burkina Faso for nine years
before he died in the year 2010. We were married for eleven years
without a child.

He died after a brief illness that lasted for only five days. Since
his death I decided not to remarry, When my late husband was alive he
deposited the sum of US$8.5m (Eight Million Five hundred Thousand
Dollars) in a bank in Ouagadougou the capital city of Burkina Faso in
west Africa Presently this money is still in the bank. He made this
money available for exportation of Gold from Burkina Faso mining.

Recently, my doctor told me that I would not last for the period of
seven months due to a cancer problem. The one that disturbs me most is
my stroke sickness. Having known mycondition I decided to hand this
money over to you to take care of the less-privileged people, you will
utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein. I want you
to take 30 Percent of the total money for your personal use While 70%
of the money will go to charity" people in thestreet and helping the
orphanage. I grew up as an Orphan and I don't have anybody as my
family member, just to endeavor that the house of God is maintained.
Am doing this so that God will forgive my sins and accept my soul in
his paradise because this illness has suffered me so much.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the
bank in Burkina Faso and I will also instruct the Bank Manager to
issue you an authority letter that will prove you the present
beneficiary of the money in the bank that is if you assure me that you
will act accordingly as I Stated here.

From Mrs. Maya ouedrago

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