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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: Margaret Spencer <ud26353111@gmail.com>
Reply-To: margaretspencer543@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2023 19:39:09 +0100
Subject: My choice for you

Hello my friend,

I actually addressed you as my friend even though I do not know you but
with the news I am going to share with you,I am sure you will appreciate me
as a friend indeed and accept my purpose of the good news

Before I proceed, please allow me once again to introduce myself,My name is
Ms.Margaret Spencer, I am a 63 Years old widow of Late Michael Spencer who
died alongside our only child David in a ghastly motor accident in 2017

Because my husband was a successful businessman and a generous person, we
usually give support to the less privileged and indigent people we always
find around us.

However at one time,my husband told me a story of how he received an
anonymous help from a stranger he met through the internet who gave him a
lot of money through which he became very rich and successful in life,my
husband made me to make him a promise that if he dies, i should not fail to
reciprocate the same gesture to another stranger and that I am willing to
accomplish now.

Unfortunately I am down with cancer which after several failed medical
attentions, the doctors concluded that I have a very short time to live.
Because I am a Christian and believe in God's miracle,i believe that God
can heal me but at the same time,I want to use this opportunity to
accomplish the promise i made to my late husband by locating the stranger
just as he told me and reciprocate that gesture to him or her so that even
if i die following my present health situation,i will be happy to have
fulfilled his wish

I have searched for several people to no avail until the Spirit of God
instead redirected me to you. I am very happy to locate you by the spirit
of God as the stranger who I am looking for.

This will serve as my way of returning the favor which my husband made me
to promise him to do before i die. So i am happy to find you as the lucky
stranger to receive the gesture.
.
The money is a total balance of $5 Million dollars ($5,000,000) which is in
my bank account with the Navy Federal Credit Union bank and I have
instructed my bank manager to assist whoever I will be introducing him to
receive the money. So I will be happy to introduce you to the bank manager
to receive the money if on your return of this email.

One thing i will request from you is that when you receive the money,please
try to give out at least %15 to the poor people around especially those
affected by the harsh economic condition of the Covid-19 Pandemic.They will
in turn reciprocate the gesture to others and life continues like that.
This will help me to accomplish my late husband's wish.

I will only need you to send me your full data including your

1.Full names...................................
2.Sex..............................................
3.Age.............................................. ......
4.Address//Country...................................
5.Occupation......................................
6.Phone/whatsapp No.................................

Kindly send me the information here on margaret121spencer@aol.com if really
you are interested about my offer

As soon as I receive the above information from you, I will use it to write
a letter to the bank to instruct them on the release of the fund to
you..That's all i can say for now


With love from your friend
Ms Margaret Spencer

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