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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 Maureen Greaves <mrsmaureengreaves1952@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mgreaves975@aol.com
Date: Fri, 14 May 2021 00:51:28 +0000
Subject: My beloved in Christ

My beloved in Christ,

Permit me to share with you, my desire to go into Godly business
partnership with you.I got your profound contact email from a
computerized data, following my fasting and praying effort searching
for a reliable and trustworthy person to assist me in this venture. I
am Mrs. Maureen Greaves, married to the late Alan Greaves (PhD}, who
worked with (Total SA) the French Multinational Integrated Oil and Gas
Company and one of the five "super major" oil companies in the world
as its supplier of drilling rigs in Africa for 17 years before his
death On Christmas Eve 2013. Before his death, we were both devout
born-again Christians; lay preacher and former social worker and my
late husband Alan Greaves; he was an organist at the church for 40
years, before he was attacked and beaten with a pickaxes on his way to
play Midnight Mass at St Savior's Church in Sheffield and he died in
hospital three days later, as you can confirm this link as listed
below:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2529286/A-year-murder-organists-widow-breaks-vigil.html

A year after he was murdered, the widow of organist Alan Graves played
... www.dailymail.co.uk The widow of a Church organist who was fatally
injured on Christmas Eve last year played a leading role in an
emotional candlelit service at the point where he was attacked ...

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-25417344

When my late husband was alive, he deposited the amount of (15.5
million USD) with a bank in Cotonou Benin, where he last worked for 17
years as a drilling rig supplier (Total SA) in Africa. I'm getting in
touch with the latest report from myself. The doctor told me that I
had a few weeks to live due to heart and kidney failure. After knowing
my condition, I am seeking your concept and permission to introduce
you to the bank as my late husband of foreign investors to call up the
fund and use it to set up an orphanage for the poor and needy who
spread the word of God and strive to keep the house of God alive.

I will give you the full detailed documents of the Fund as soon as I
hear from you. Any delay in your reply gives me room to find another
good person for the same purpose.

I hope to receive your answer

Thank you and stay blessed in the Lord.

I remain your sister in lord.
Mrs. Maureen A. Greaves
(Evangelist of the Church Army).

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