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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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Fraud email example:

From: =?UTF-8?Q?Mrs=2E_MARIA_DEL_=C2=B4PILAR_REZOLA?= <eleabah87@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mdelpilarrezola50@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 17:52:42 +0000
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Can_you_run_this_project=3F_Mrs=2E_MARIA_DEL_=C2=B4PILAR_REZ?=
=?UTF-8?Q?OLA?=

Dearest One,

Good Day.

I pray this mail finds you in a state of your sound health and
indomitable spirit. Please, I would like to confide in you for your
honesty and truth for progress, I feel quite safe dealing with you in
this important Project. Let me introduce myself to you, I am (MRS.
MARIA DEL PILAR REZOLA ) from France and a 40 years period of marriage
life without producing any child or pregnant, my late husband was very
wealthy and after his death, I inherited some part of his business and
money in the bank.The doctor has advised me that I may not live for
more than three months and 2 weeks and warned me to stop thinking
about who is going to inherit the wealth. Based on that, today I have
decided to donate and contribute to the less privileged, charity
homes, and orphanage homes and to those displaced by wars going on in
the middle-east and around the world and with Covid 19 damages.

I choose you after many prayers as I'm a devoted Christian and always
doing the right thing as I have the confidence in you because I have
prayed over it. I am willing to donate the sum of $15.5million U.S
dollars, to the less privileged of which you will be responsible in
taking care of the disbursement and sharing of this money to
organizations that I will appoint to you. This money in question was
deposited in BCB Bank Burkina Faso West Africa.Meanwhile, you will
also get 40% as your compensation for helping me fulfill this desire
of donation. But the gold bars quantity of (950kg) which worth
($28.5Million US Dollars) will go for building companies in our name
for memorial propose, Please I want you to note that this fund is
still in the bank where my late husband deposited it on my behalf. I
am going to advice my lawyer to change my last will to your name and
file in an application for the transfer of the money in your name and
also change the documents of the gold also in your name: I honestly
pray that this money and gold that will be transferred to your account
will be used for the said purpose even though I am late or alive,
because I have come to find out that wealth acquisition is not always
the final thing in life or death if you do not help people as well
when they need it.

Meanwhile, my late husband’s lawyer based in Africa where he
transacted a lot of business with Governments there before moving to
Asia where he got a contract before his Sudden death.Please bear it in
mind that all the money and the gold will rightfully belong to your
name as quickly as I get your reply, and I made the promise to God
that the fund will be used to help the needy and the less
privileged.May the grace of our lord the love of god and the
fellowship of god be with you and your family, please further
discussion contact me with my private email address as follows:

(mdelpilarrezola50@yahoo.com)

I await your kind response and my regards to your family.

Remain Blessed,
Mrs. MARIA DEL ´PILAR REZOLA

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