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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: Therese Nina <graceyoung839@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrs.theresenina147@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2021 16:06:47 +0100
Subject: My Dear


My Dear


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 lifetime he deposited the sum of €
8.5 Million Euro) Eight million, Five hundred thousand Euros in a bank in
Vienna, the capital city of Austria in Europe. The deposited money was from
the sale of the shares, death benefits payment and entitlements of my
deceased husband by his company.


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
with cancer 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 a surgery soon.

I am sending this message to you praying that it will reach you in good
health, since I am not in good health in which I sleep every night without
knowing if I may be alive to see the next day. I am suffering from long
term cancer and presently I am partially suffering from a stroke illness
which has become almost impossible for me to move around. I was married to
my late husband for over 4 years before he died and 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 relatives, I grew up in an orphanage home.

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
Mrs. Therese Nina

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