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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: Magrette Jones <margrettejones887@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 02:49:20 +0100
Subject: Attn:URGENT REPLY NEEDED...


Good day Dear favored one,

Calvary Greetings in the name of the LORD Almighty and Our LORD JESUS
??CHRIST the giver of every good thing. Good day, I know this letter will
definitely come to you as a huge surprise, but I implore you to take the
time to go through it carefully as the decision you make will go off a long
way to determine my future and continued existence. I am Mrs. Magrette
Jones aging widow of 63 years old suffering from long time illness Cancer.
I inherited The sum of ( €10.5 Million EURO)TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAAND EUROS from my late husband who was a Crude Oil dealer before he
was killed during the Burkina Faso Political unrest that happened in August
2016.

I needed a very honest and God fearing who can withdraw this money then use
the funds for Charity organization, CHRISTIAN OR MUSLIM, and orphans. I
WISH TO GIVE THIS FUNDS TO YOU FOR CHARITY WORKS.I found your contact
through social network after honest prayers to the LORD to bring me a
helper and i decided to contact you if you may be willing and interested to
handle these trust funds in good faith before anything happens to me.

I accept this decision because I do not have any child who will inherit
this money after I die. I want your urgent reply to me so that I will give
you the deposit receipt which the BANK issued to me as next of kin for
immediate transfer of the
money to your account in your country, to start the good work of God,I want
you to use the 40/percent of the total amount to help yourself in doing the
project.

I am desperately in keen need of assistance and I have summoned up courage
to contact you for this task, you must not fail me and the millions of the
poor people in our today's WORLD. This is not stolen money and there are no
dangers involved,100%
RISK FREE with full legal proof. Please if you would be able to use the
funds for the Charity works kindly let me know immediately. I will
appreciate your utmost confidentiality and trust in this matter to
accomplish my heart desire, as I don't want anything that will jeopardize
my last wish. I want you to take 40 percent of the total money for your
personal use while 60% of the money will go to charity.I will appreciate
your utmost confidentiality and trust in this matter to accomplish my heart
desire, as I don't want anything that will jeopardize my last wish as i
said before please.

Finally, i will give you more details about the project as soon as I
receive your reply in my private email
( margrettejones887@gmail.com ) to handle this project because I do not
want to state all here until I see your reply, desire and commitment to
handle this project.


Thanks and God bless you
Mrs Magrette Jones

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