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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.Marima C. Eustaquio <zhangyan@163data.com.cn>
Reply-To: mrs.marima.castillo2@gmail.com
Date: 12 Oct 2019 05:51:52 +0300
Subject: RE: ABOUT MY WILL

Hi

Hearty Greetings,Please let this not sound strange to you for my
only surviving lawyer who would have done this died Early this
year.I prayed and got your email id from your country's guestbook

I'm Mrs.Marima C.Eustaquio.I'm a sick widow of Cancer I have (USD
52,000,000.00) which I want to hand-over to a God fearing Citizen
to be use for Charitable project or a cancer foundation for poor
children and homeless/motherless children.

Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital where I have been
undergoing treatment for the cancer in Texas. I have since lost
my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a
few months to live.It is my last wish to see that this money is
invested to any organization of your choice and distributed each
year among the charity organization,the poor and the motherless
babies home.

I want you as God fearing person, to also use this money to fund
orphanages and widows,I took this decision, before i rest in
peace because my time will soon be up.

I will tell you more about myself and my plans with this money
when I hear from you. Below is my private email:
mrs.marima.castillo2@gmail.com

Email: mrs.marima.castillo2@gmail.com

BR,
Mrs.Marima C. Eustaquio
Email: mrs.marima.castillo2@gmail.com

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