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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.Maya" <mayaouedrago22@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2022 12:20:23 +0000
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?5Zue5aSN77ya5L2g5aW9?=

回复:你好

我眼里满是泪水,心中充满悲伤,我写这封邮件给你,我的名字是 Maya ouedrago
夫人,我来自突尼斯,我正在布基纳法索的一家医院与你联系,我想告诉你这是因为 我别无选择只能告诉你,因为我很感动向你敞开心扉,我嫁给了
ouedrago Brown 先生,他在 2010 年去世之前与突尼斯驻布基纳法索大使共事了九年。我们是 结婚十一年没有孩子。

他在一场只持续了五天的短暂疾病后去世了。 自从
他死后我决定不再再婚,当我已故的丈夫还活着时,他将 850 万美元(八百五十万美元)存入西非布基纳法索首都瓦加杜古的一家银行,目前这笔钱仍在
银行。 他将这笔钱用于出口布基纳法索矿业的黄金。

最近,我的医生告诉我,由于癌症问题,我无法坚持七个月。 最让我不安的是我的中风病。
了解我的情况后,我决定将这笔钱交给您来照顾弱势群体,您将按照我将在此指示的方式使用这笔钱。 我要你拿出总钱的 30% 供你个人使用,而
70% 的钱将捐给街上的慈善机构和帮助孤儿院的人。我从小就是孤儿,我没有任何人喜欢我 家人,只为维护神的家。

我这样做是为了让上帝原谅我的罪过,并在他的天堂里接受我的灵魂,因为这种疾病让我受了很多苦。

收到您的回复后,我将立即向您提供布基纳法索银行的联系方式,我还将指示银行经理向您发出授权书,以证明您是银行款项的当前受益人,如果您是
请向我保证,您将按照我在此声明的方式行事。

来自 Maya ouedrago 夫人

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