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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: Marina Daniels <marinadanielsbagni@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 11:48:22 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Please respond urgent,

Greetings and compliments of the day to you.

I know you may be wondering how and why i chooses to contact you through this means haven’t know each other or meet with you before, I know that God has a propose of bringing us together through this humanitarian project which i am about to entrust under your custody in your country as I know very well that everything is controlled by our beloved Master and there is nothing that is impossible to God almighty. You and I can cooperate together in the service of the Lord. I pray that God will touch your heart to help me out in this charitable Investment project. My names are Mrs. Marina Daniels, a widow and i have been suffering from brain tumor disease and this illness has gotten to a very bad stage, without any family members and no child. I hoped that you will not expose or betray this trust and confident that I am about to entrust on you for the mutual benefit of the orphans and the less privileges ones. I have some funds I inherited from my late husband, the sum of ($ 9,650,000.00, Nine Million Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars) deposited with the Bank. Having known my present health status, I decided to entrust this fund to you believing that you will utilize it the way i am going to instruct herein.

Therefore I need you to assist me and reclaim this money from the bank and use part of it for Charity works, for orphanages and gives justice and help to the poor, needy,elderly ones, disables and to promote the words of God and the effort that the house of God will be maintained says The Lord. Jeremiah 22:15-16.

Please my dear, all I require from you is sincerity and ability to carry out the transaction and implement the charitable project that requires absolute trust and devotion without any failure. I will be glad to see that the bank has finally release and transfer the fund into your bank account in your country even before I die here in the hospital, because of my present health status everything need to be process rapidly as soon as possible. I am zealously waiting to hear from you urgently, if only you are interested for further details of the transaction and execution of this humanitarian project for the glory and honor of God the merciful compassionate.

Remains Yours Sincerely Sister,
Mrs. Marina Daniels.

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