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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: "Reverend Sis. Mariam Olha Yahovdik" <revmariamyahovdik@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2022 00:42:00 -0800
Subject: Hello, I hope this mail finds you,

Hello, I hope this mail finds you


I found your email through an online research I embarked on and
supported with my prayers and I decided that it is pertinent to
contact you for the purpose of offering charity help to the poor
people . I am doing this with an absolute trust because I believe that
good people still exist in this ungodly world.

My name is Reverend Sister Mariam Olha Yahovdik and I am serving at
Saint Augustin Catholic Church Istanbul Turkey. I am 67years and
suffering from pancreatic exocrine cancer. From all consultations, my
condition has become worse and I have been made to understand by
Doctors that I may not live more than 8 weeks if I insist to embark on
the next surgery scheduled to be held Next Month at Johns Hopkins
Hospital Baltimore Maryland in USA and I have been scared about this.
Moreover, I have no child of my own because my spiritual commitment
does not permit me to marry.


I have been keeping myself strong through this wonderful Bible verse,
Psalms 41:1....Blessed is he that considered the poor, the lord God
will deliver him in the time of trouble. Therefore I believe that my
God will give me victory in this time of tribulation.

So, I have now decided to donate all my life savings, which turns out
to be at the sum of $8,150,000.00USD (Eight Million One Hundred and
Fifty Thousand USA Dollars) to you. I grant you the permission to use
45% of this fund for your personal needs which I believe will be
beneficial to your family, while you use the remaining 55% for charity
work by establishing a foundation in your country under my name, so as
to immortalize my name when my existence on this earth ends.

This Money is deposited in a reliable bank in Turkey and Presently I
have informed my Attorney about my decision to Will this fund to you,
you are to get back to me immediately if you are interested to carry
out this task, so that I will instruct you on how to get in contact
with my Attorney and Account officer.

Lastly, I know I have never met you or set my eyes on you before, but
through prayers and fasting done by my spiritual adviser, Rev Fr Emre
Boryslav Mathew, I was able to choose your address among all I came
across with. Provide the information below through my private email
address (revmariamyahovdik@gmail.com) in other to fulfill this which
bothers me most:

YOUR NAME:………………?
YOUR COUNTRY:…………?
YOUR PHONE NO:………?
OCCUPATION:……………?
AGE:……………………………?
SEX:………………………?

Yours truly,
Reverend Sis. Mariam Olha Yahovdik

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