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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: Agnes Lindley Martin Lindley <agneslindley2martin@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2021 16:00:58 +0200
Subject: Mrs. Agnes Martin & son Koffi

Please Reply me to this email addresse( agnesphilipkoffil@gmail.com )

Hello,

Greetings to you and your family. It is with tears that I am writing
you this mail from my sick bed He in the hospital with the assistance
of my only son Koffi 17 years old

My reason for writing you this mail is due to the report that came to
me recently from my doctor. After my last diagnostic result, l was
told by the doctors that I may not leave for more than five months
ahead, because of the damage the cancer had caused in my body, unless
I undergo an urgent surgical operation upon which my chances of
survival is less than 40%, according to the medical experts. As it
stands, I have given-in to fate and have found God on my sick bed. But
I have a more worrying problem, which is why I am contacting you.
Since it is now obvious that I may die soon

I was an orphan before I got married to the late Mr Martin Philip who
was murdered in Cote d'Ivoire He along with his lawyer a few years ago
on their business trip back from Dubai. He was from Mali and he met me
in the orphanage home He in Abidjan and decided to marry me. He never
took me to his country Mali even for once until his death. All because
his parents insisted that, he come to Mali and marry from there. The
worst of it all was that he married in a foreign land and it happened
to be an orphan like me. His entire family decided not to do anything
with him anymore.

I single handedly with my only son Koffi buried him He because I
cannot trace his relatives because all of them were against our
marriage because he married me an orphan. Because of the stresses and
shock of that painful incident, I developed hypertension and my cancer
sickness got worse.

I am contacting you because I had some money $6.5 Million, which my
late husband deposited with one of the best banks He before his death.
I need your sincere cooperation and assistance to help me receive this
fund in your account and use part for the well-being of the poor and
less privileged/ orphanage in your country or elsewhere in the world.
In addition, you shall also help my son Koffi to come over to your
country to further He education while you manage He funds.

My son Koffi and I have agreed to give you $750,000 from this total
money as compensation and thanks for your help. We also agreed to give
you extra $100,000 for you to cover any expenses that you may incur in
course of this fund transfer to your account.

If you are interested and can be TRUSTED, please reply to me in
absolute truth and sincerity immediately for more details before I go
for surgical operation. Please Reply me to this email addresse(
agnesphilipkoffil@gmail.com )

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Agnes Martin & son Koffi

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