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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: "email" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mprzpedro@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2021 00:24:12 -0700
Subject: MMP

Greetings!

I and my wife are the product of the Orphanage home and we decide not to have children without family tree or ancestral lineage, my wife died 3years ago in a motor accident and truly I got this money (USD$24.5million) from late greedy African politician and this huge money have no trace because the politician did not disclose the deposit to anybody before his untimely death after brief illness. I work in a financial institution as a manager where the greedy politician lodged the (USD$24.5million). I choose you since your surname and the country in the documents are the same. If this business opportunity is not against your wish, declare your interest immediately so we can do the deal with an equal ratio, 50/50.

I had a partial stroke, and it resulted in brain injury and they referred me to the brain injury rehabilitation center and there is a rumor that I am dead, no, I am not dead; I am alive but I was in a state of prolonged unconsciousness (coma) for two weeks and they sustained me with life-supporting equipment. The partial stroke struck my brain and the doctor said my brain has diminished after I was resuscitated. I have about €8,600 Euros I received from sympathizers and I laid aside €5000 to pay for necessary documents which will give you legal backup to receive the money without breaching of any financial law

If you write back and get no reply from me, that means I am back to the rehabilitation center and I will reply immediately if I have access to my email.

Yours faithfully
Mr. MMP
Madrid Spain

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