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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. MIRIAM BODEA GRIGORE" <mrsmirammichel@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 09:56:38 -0800
Subject: Please I need your prayers.

Please I need your prayers.
I am suffering from a pro-long critical cancer,

It is a pleasure to have contact with you, based on the critical
condition I find myself, however, is not a financial problem, but my
health, you may have known that cancer is not what to talk about,
I have been in the hospital for 9 months now,
My name is MRS. MIRIAM BODEA GRIGORE I am married to Mr.BODEA GRIGORE,
who worked with the American embassy in Burkina Faso in nine years before
he died in
2017. We were married for eleven years without Children. He died after
a brief illness that lasted for two weeks.He made money there through
exportation
of Raw Gold and cotton to Europe and Asia Countries.

please I want you to help me use these money in the bank
USD $ 2.2 million (Two million two hundred thousand dollars) for the less
privilege
orphans and poor old people who have nothing to eat In your
community, it is my spirit direction that I choose you to help me
complete this offer i really need sincere and honest person because my late
husband told me much about these project before He died.

I am a cancer patient and now my doctors told me that I do not have a
long time to live and I don't want these money to remain with the bank,
Instead I decided to use it for older
people who can't work again and orphans who have nothing to eat,

I do hope you will have time to handle this charity project? On your
return email i will tell you more on
what i want you to do. please send me a message in my Email box and here is
my email address( mrsmirammichel@gmail.com ) i put my hope and trust in you,


I wait your answer.
My greetings,
MRS. MIRIAM BODEA GRIGORE
mrsmirammichel@gmail.com

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