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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: Mr Aqeel Marhoon <aqeelmarhoon707080@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2023 03:51:44 -0700
Subject: greetings

In the name of God the Merciful i bring greetings to you,

I am Mr. Aqeel Abdulla Isa Marhoon, a Bahraini Citizen, 50 years old living
in Burkina Faso, without any family, I lost my wife and my two children in
a car accident in August 2020.

I have a dream and desire of building an orphanage home in your country
through your assistance, and I have decided to use my balance deposit sum
of Nine million three hundred thousand United State Dollars $9, 300,000.00
in offshore account for this project, but presently my health condition
will not allow me to carry out this project my self, now my doctor has
already told me that I have just few period of time to live because of
my blood cancer called ( myeloma) and High Blood Pressure (HBP) with two
legs Paralyzed which was caused by the sudden death of my family , Please
if you can help fulfill this project urgently get back to me with your full
name and residence address for authorization letter.

With kind Regards,
Mr. Aqeel Abdulla Isa Marhoon
Thank you as i wait your reply.

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