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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. Maya Olivia" <mrs.mayaolivia@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2021 14:35:52 -0700
Subject: this is my wish my dear,


this is my wish my dear,

My Name is Mrs. Maya Oliver, from Norway. I know that this message will be
a surprise to you. Firstly, I am married to Mr. Patrick Oliver, A diamond
and gold merchant who owns a small gold Mine in Egypt cairo; He died of
Cardiovascular Disease in mid-March 2011. During his lifetime he deposited
the sum of € 18.5 Million Euro) Eighteen million, Five hundred thousand
Euros in a bank in Muscat the capital city of Oman. The deposited money was
from the sale of the shares, death benefits payment and entitlements of my
deceased husband by his company.
Please reply to my privet mail after reading: mrs.mayaolivia90@gmail.com

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 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
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 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 from the Oman bank Muscat.
Please reply to my privet mail after reading: mrs.mayaolivia90@gmail.com

Thanks
Mrs. Maya

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