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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Rita Madine" <mrs.ritamadine76@gbtbm.com>
Reply-To: ritamadine01001@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2021 07:32:36 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: GREETINGS


Hello my dear beloved,

I am Mrs. Rita k. Madine. From the republic of Ireland, born in the state of Ohio USA. I am legally married to Mr. Hilary Madine., a South African citizen born and brought up in Switzerland, I lived in Switzerland with my husband for 17 years before we moved down to South Africa in 1991 after my husband retired in 1990, I am 75 years old by the grace of God. I am a God fearing person, and I am suffering from long term (illness) cancer of the breast. This illness (sickness) has troubled me for a long time.

All indications from my doctor that my condition is really deteriorating and getting worse; and it is quite obvious that I wouldn’t live more than three months, according to my doctor and in all indications regarding medical analysis. This is because the cancer disease has gotten to a very bad stage that no hope for me to be a living person again. My dear husband was involved with the January 2000 Kenya airways plane crash as you can see on the news line web site. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6627485.stm)

40 years of marriage life, still we could not produce any child, my late husband was very wealthy and after his death, I inherited some part of his business and money in the bank. The doctor has advised me that I may not live for more than three months and 2 weeks and warns me to stop thinking over who is going to inherit me and the wealth. Based on that, today I have decided to donate and contribute to the less privileged, charity homes, and orphanage homes and to those displaced by wars going on in the middle-east and around the world. I made this decision after listening to the news about a 100 years old woman who secretly donated her fortune and wealth upon her death,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8o-e-ilsum

I choose you after viewing your profile and I have confidence in you because I have prayed. I am willing to donate the sum of $20.5million US dollars, to the less privileged of which you will be responsible in taking care of the disbursement and sharing of this money to organizations that I will appoint. Meanwhile, you will also get 30% of the money which will be; six million and one hundred thousand dollars ($6,100,000) as your compensation for helping me fulfill this desire of donation.

Please I want you to note that this fund is still in the bank where my late husband deposited it. I am going to advise my lawyer to change my last will to your name and file an application for the transfer of the money in your name. Lastly, I honestly pray that this money when transferred to your account will be used for the said purpose even though I am late then or alive, because I have come to find out that wealth acquisition is not always the final thing in life or death if you do not help people as well when they need it. Please bear it in mind that that all the money will rightfully belong to your name as quickly as I get your reply, and I made the promise to God that the fund will be used to help the needy and the less privilege, reply me through this email: ritamadine01001@gmail.com 

May the grace of our Lord the love of God and the fellowship of God be with you and your family, please for further discussion contact me with my email address:
Reply me through this email: ritamadine01001@gmail.com 

I await an urgent reply.

Remain blessed

Mrs. Rita k. Madine.

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