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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. Marie Richard" <mariericha09@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2022 15:08:00 -0700
Subject: Urgent Reply Request

Hello Dear,

Sorry to invade your privacy, I am Mrs. Marie Richard from Switzerland
lived in Burkina Faso for 20years and a widow to late Mr. Richard
Perdue, my husband worked with Metalor Technologies International, a
Switzerland limited companies here in Burkina Faso, that export gold
and sold to the industrial mines for ten years before he died in the
year 2012. When my late husband was alive he deposited a sum of $3.5
million dollars in my name with a Bank here in Burkina Faso, presently
this money is still with the Bank.

I am in a hospital in Burkina Faso receiving treatment and my health
condition has gotten worse and just two weeks ago my doctor informed
me that my condition has reached a critical stage, and that I have
just a few weeks to live on earth due to my esophageal cancer. This
confirmation from my doctor is devastating news; it is hard to know
that I have just a little time left to live here on earth.

We were married for Eighteen years with a daughter (Nancy) who later
died in a motor accident. I took this decision because I don't have
any child that will inherit this money, Please I choose you to receive
this money on my behalf, and use it to help the less privileged,
orphanages, poor people, etc. I selected you after searching. I prayed
and slept over it asking God to provide for me a Godly minded person
that will assist me in this project, then I was led to you. I will
give you more details of the project in my next mail. Kindly reply to
me as soon as possible so that I will let you know the next steps and
procedures to follow in order to finalize this transfer immediately.

Yours Sincerely
Mrs. Marie Richard.

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