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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 Abdulla Isa Marhoon" <aqeelabdullaisamarhoon1984@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 14:16:59 -0700
Subject: Greetings

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I am Mr. Aqeel Abdulla Isa Marhoon, a Bahriani Citizen,50 years old,
without any family, I lost my wife and my two children

in a car accident in August 2020.

I was dealing on Crude Oil and Gold import/export before the death of my
beloved family, According to my Doctor due to the

shock of the news of their death that resulted me being diagnosed of High
Blood Pleasure (HBP) also with Paralysis.

At the moment I'm down with FULL-BODY PARALYSIS I cannot walk or stand I
have been bedridden for two years now,

Since I know that I have very limited time to stay on earth before I die
according to my Doctor who recently told me that i

have a symptoms of cancer of blood called ( Myeloma ) and i may not be able
to live long due to the above stated illness,

However I have decided to use my balance deposit sum of Thirteen million
Five hundred thousand Euros 13, 500,000.00.Euro,

in one of the prime bank for charity project in your country residence or
any country of your choice if only you will be

interested to handle this project for the glory of God, I don't want my
efforts to be used by the Government when i am gone

the journey of my life and my late wife began from the Orphanage home.
your urgent response will be appreciated

Your dying brother
Mr. Aqeel Abdulla Isa Marhoon

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