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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: "Mrs.Mary Joshua" <ekiesel@t-online.de>
Reply-To: "maryjoshuabiz@gmail.com" <maryjoshuabiz@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2023 14:58:53 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Donation From Mrs.Mary Joshua.



Good Morning My Dear,


May the peace of the Almighty God be with you and your Family, With Due
Respect and Humility; I was compelled to write to you under humanitarian
grounds. My donation to you in good faith.


I'm Mrs. Mary Joshua married to Engr.Lambert Joshua who was the Chief
Executive Director of an Oil and Gas producing Company here in Ivory Coast.


Dear,I have taken a personal decision to donate what I inherited from my
late husband to the Charity, less privilege, I am 55 years old and I have
been diagnosed with cancer since the past 4 years, immediately after the
death of my husband. We were both married for many years without a child; I
took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this
money.


I have decided to donate the sum of Five Million Five Hundred Thousand
United State) to you for this assignment, Charity, less privilege, building
of schools, hospitals and also for the assistance of the poor widows,
Motherless babies, Charity organization, CHRISTIAN OR MUSLIM, and orphans.


I don't know you in person but God knows you, so contacting you for this
assignment is a direction from the holy spirit of God to donate this fund
outside this country through you as my late husband has already donated a
lot in this country,


My present condition has really taught me that all the wealth in this world
is vanity, So you have to make sure that you use this donation fund as I
have directed so that the name of the Almighty God will be glorified
forever.
Your urgent response is required in this matter due to my present critical
condition of my health; it was a Sister Nurse working in this hospital that
helped me to type this message, because I am losing strength every minute
of the day.


All I need from you is prayers that God will accept my soul in case I
didn't survive this surgery. Also pray for the soul of my late Husband to
rest in peace.


Please always be prayerful all through your life, we are visitors on this
earth and we must be very careful in whatever we do so that our soul will
not be a waste.


I wish you all the best and may God bless you abundantly. I AM WAITING FOR
YOUR URGENT REPLY.


Remain blessed in God.
Yours Sister
Mrs.Mary Joshua



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