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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.Therese Koga" <mrs.orbaat@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrs.theresekoga@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 20:31:44 +0000
Subject: Can you do it for me

Good day and God bless you

I know it will be a great surprise reading this from me as we did not know
each other before.My sincere apologies for sending you this unsolicited
e-mail,I will like you to please take time and go through this mail, it is
the situation of things surrounding me that made me to cry out to ask you
for an investment assistance in your country there because I never knew
things will turn this way after a painful death (assassin) of my beloved
husband by his people because of greed.

My Names are Mrs.Therese Koga an orphan, I am writing this mail to you
with heavy tears in my eyes and great sorrow in my heart, I married to late
Mr.Mike Koga who worked with the Sonatrach oil and gas as top senior
officer before his death and I became sick and very unwell to continue the
work that I started with my husband, since his death I decided not to
re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the word of God
is against. We were married for 32 years without a child. When my late
husband was alive he deposited the sum of $3.7 Million in a bank with my
name as the next of kin, presently, this money is still with the Bank.

Recently my doctor told me that I would not last for long periods due to
Ischemic heart disease problem and My late husband's relatives who should
have assisted me in this situation are greedy and worldly; since my ill-
health they have stolen and converted all of my late husband's properties
to their private use simply because I did not have a Child. Living me to
battle my sickness alone.

Having known my condition I decided to hand over this money to someone
who will be ready to utilize it the way I am going to instruct herein. This
money was deposited by my husband for the future of our children. Now that
we did not have any, I decided to give it to charity for the benefit and
education of the less privileged/orphans in the society. I grew up as an
orphan and I know the pains and sorrow that are associated with it.

I shall be going in for a surgery soon and desire this money to be
transferred to you as I do not wish to leave this money in the bank because
bankers will misuse it and it will not be in the best interest of the poor
and the needy. I need you to carry out this process.


Once I receive your reply I will instruct the bank to go ahead with
you"and prove you the present beneficiary of the fund in the bank, which is
if you assure me that you will act accordingly as I Stated herein.

I need your urgent response as I don't know what tomorrow will result.

Yours sincerely,
Mrs.Therese Koga

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