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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.Therese Nina" <mrs.theresenina614@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrs.theresenina406@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2021 17:39:41 -0700
Subject: I await your urgent response.


My Dear in the Lord

My Name is Mrs. Therese Nina, from Norway. I know that this message will
be a surprise to

you. Firstly, I am married to Mr. Patrick Nina, A gold merchant who owns a
small gold Mine

in Austria; He died of Cardiovascular Disease in mid-March 2011. During his
life time he

deposited the sum of € 8.5 Million Euro) Eight million, Five hundred
thousand Euros in a

bank in Vienna, Austria. The deposited money was from the sale of the
shares, death

benefits payment and entitlements of my deceased husband by his company.

I am sending this message to you praying that it will reach you in good
health, since I

am not in good health condition in which I sleep every night without
knowing if I may be

alive to see the next day. I am suffering from long time cancer and
presently i am

partially suffering from a stroke illness which has become almost
impossible for me to

move around. I am married to my late husband for over 4 years before he
died and is

unfortunately that we don't have a child, my doctor confided in me that i
have less chance

to live. Having known my health condition, I decided to contact you to
claim the fund

since I don't have any relation I grew up from the orphanage home,

I have decided to donate what I have to you for the support of helping
Motherless

babies/Less privileged/Widows' because I am dying and diagnosed of cancer
for about 2

years ago. I have been touched by God Almighty to donate from what I have
inherited from

my late husband to you for the good work of God Almighty. I have asked
Almighty God to forgive

me and believe he has, because He is a Merciful God I will be going in for
an operation

surgery soon

This is the reason i need your services to stand as my next of kin or an
executor to

claim the funds for charity purposes. If this money remains unclaimed after
my death, the

bank executives or the government will take the money as unclaimed fund and
maybe use it

for selfish and worthless ventures, I need a very honest person who can
claim this money

and use it for Charity works, for orphanages, widows and also build schools
for less

privilege that will be named after my late husband and my name; I need your
urgent answer

to know if you will be able to execute this project, and I will give you
more Information

on how the fund will be transferred to your bank account.

Thanks in anticipation.

Mrs. Therese Nina

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