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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: Diana Markus <dianamarkus23@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dianamarkus342@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2021 11:58:48 -0800
Subject: GOOD DAY MY DEAR,

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How are you doing and family.
I'm Mrs Diana Markus. I have a fund of (2,900,000.00 USD) MILLION that
I inherited from my late husband that i want to donate through you for
orphanage and charity project, but i have been suffering from cancer
illness for so long now which i have been admitted in a hospital for
treatment. My fear now is what the doctor informed me, after series of
test on me that i may not live long because of the sickness and i'm
afraid of losing this fund to the government because they don't care
about the poor ones in the society.

I will appreciate your honesty and courage to handle this fund to help
the orphans and the charity home.
As soon as i receive your message regarding your interest toward this
fund to help the charity home and the less privileges, i will give you
more details about this fund.

Please get back to me immediately after reading this message for more
details regarding this humanitarian agenda.

God bless you while I'm waiting for your answer.
Your sister.

Mrs. Diana Markus

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