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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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Fraud email example:

From: Martin Hill <buka.musa03@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2021 03:29:17 +0300
Subject: Locate South Georgia


Attn: My Dear friend,

My quest to locate a responsible friend and partner to bring my dreams to a
reality, hence l took this bold step to contact you through this medium and
I would not like you to take offence that l am bothering you since you do
not know me nor have we met before.

I am Mrs. Susan Ryan Henderson from France, I am married to Dr. Ryan
Henderson who worked with an oil company in Kuwait for nine years, before
he died in the year 2012. We were both married for eleven years without a
child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before
his death we were both involved in charity services. Since his death I
decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which is
against my principle.

When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of € 6.2 million (six
million two hundred thousand Euros) with the Bank, uptill now the money is
still deposited in the Bank.

Recently, my doctor told me that I would not last for the next three months
due to my cancer problem. Though what disturbs me most is my stroke
sickness. Having known my condition of health I have decided to donate this
fund to charity, orphanage or an individual that will utilize this money
the way I am going to instruct here. I want an individual that will use
these fund-to-fund charities,orphanages and widows and to ensure that these
sets of people are well maintained.

I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this
money and my husband's relatives are well off and I don't want my husband's
hard earned money to be misused by them.

As I do not want a situation whereby this money will be used in an ungodly
manner, hence the reasons for taking this bold decision. I am not afraid of
death because l have lived a fulfilled life. As it is right now, I don't
need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health and
also due to the presence of my husband's relatives around me always. I
don't want them to know about this development, as soon as I receive your
reply I shall give you the contact of the Bank.

I will also issue you a letter of authority that will prove you as the
original-beneficiary of this said fund. I want you to see the needs of the
less privileged. My happiness is that I lived a fulfilled life and I don't
have any regrets in life. Please note that any delay in your reply will
give me room in sourcing for another individual as I stated here in.

Do get back at me to my private mail address (rn.henderson03@gmail.com) for
more details to proceed. Hoping to hear from you soonest and notify your
interest to help me assist charity..

Best regards
Mrs. Susan Ryan Henderson

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