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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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From: Magret Ibe <godsononuoha@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 16:16:37 +0000
Subject: PLEASE HELP ME REGAIN MY FREEDOM

Dear Beloved

I am writing this message with tears in my eyes because of my condition.

I want to use this opportunity to brief you a little about myself, My Name
is Glory Sary, I am 14 years old, born in Ukraine, I have a nice family
which I lost during the war that took place in my country with Russia.
Our city was attacked in the afternoon and my parents died,It was only me
that survived this tragedy because I wasn't around when it happened.

I don't have any relatives now whom I can go to, all my relatives are
killed in the middle of the war,but the only person I have now is Rev.
Rustyam, here the refugee camp outside Ukraine, he has been very nice to me
since I came here.Refugee here I don't have any right or privilege to
anything because it is against the law.
I wish to go back to my studies because I only attended my first year
before this war started that led me to be in this situation now.

Please listen to this, I have my late father's agreement with me which I
will send to you later, because when he was alive he deposited some amount
of money in a financial institution which he used my name as the next of
kin, the amount in question is $355 Million.

I have decided to contact you hoping that with your advanced knowledge we
can be able to work together, so that if all things work out for us, we can
invest in your peaceful country. Though it took me time to make up my mind
to contact you.

Moreover I contacted the Bank where this fund is deposited as i noticed
that they want to confiscate a funds that the owners are dead and has not
next of kin for them to advise me on what to do in order to have access to
my late father's inheritance, the legal department of the bank told me that
in a situations like this, that the best solution is me soliciting for
assistance of a reliable foreigner who is trustworthy and faithful and who
can assist me claim and receive the funds on my behalf.

So I would like you to help me transfer this money to your account and from
it you can send me some money for me to get my traveling documents and air
ticket to come over to meet with you in your country.

I kept this secret from people in the camp here and the only person that
knows about it is the Reverend, because he is like a father to me now and I
used his computer to send this message after I explained everything to him.
I would like you to keep it a secret and don't tell it to anyone for I am
afraid of losing my life and the money if people get to know about it.I
like honest and understanding people,truthful and am a girl of vision,
trustworthy and hard working.

Have a nice day and God bless you as you help me to regain my freedom.
Please reply to this email glorysary272@yahoo.it

Please treat this as very urgent so that I will forward you contact
information to the Bank for you to contact them.

Waiting to hear from you soonest.

Yours faithfully.

Glory Sary.

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