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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: Mary Lucas <marylucas9@daum.net>
Reply-To: Mary Lucas <marylucas003@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 17:48:05 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: good day Dearest,



good day Dearest,

I am sorry to come to you this way, I am writing this email to you with
respect trust and humanity, I appeal to you to exercise a little patience
and read through my message, I came across your email and my spirit
lead me to contact you, well i really needed someone honest truthfuly, to
share my feelings and my burden with, let me introduce myself to you, I'm
miss. Mary Lucas , 22years old, the only daughter of late. / Mrs Hamson. a
native of the Ivory Coast in West Africa.

My father was a very wealthy businessman when he was alive he deal with car
imports and he was killed because of his wealth through one of our family
member so that he will claim my father's properties which he has already
done, my mother died when I was 6 years old and my father took good care of
me as his only daughter, before the death of my father in a private
hospital here in Cote d'Ivoire where he gave a ghost, he called me secretly
to his bed side and tell me about the sum of three million one hundred
‎Euro (€3.1million) he left in a suspense account in a bank here in
Abidjan, Ivory Coast. and he also told me he kept all the documents that
the bank issued him when he
put the money, and my name was written as the next of kin as his only
daughter, so I am contacting you to assist me and stand as my foreign
partner who will help me transfer the money to your account over there in
your country, my father told me
to look for a foregn partner of my choice where my life can be save, so by
going into your profile my mind leed me to contact you, Below are the
things involved in this transaction:

Can you make arrangements for me to come over to your country after the
money is transferred, and further my education and also invest the money in
your country.
Immediately I hear from you regarding my request, I will forward you all
the neccessary documents concerning this deposit with the bank contact so
that you will contact the bank to transfer the money to your account

Thank you for your understanding.
please contact me in my private email: marylucas003@gmail.com

Miss Mary Lucas .

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