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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: Mary Ezell <ghrubk@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mary45ezell@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 20:25:06 +0000
Subject: Mary Ezell

Donation From Mrs. Mary Ezell

I am contacting you base on my donation for the less privileges, but I
believe there is no surprise before God, hence everything works out in
good for those that worship and believe in God. I am Mrs. Mary
Ezell, citizen of KUWAIT and wife of the late Mr. Ezell Jibu, a former
Ambassador of KUWAIT in Côte d'Ivoire. My husband died 7 years ago
after being poison by his fello Muslim brothers due to the fact that I
and my late husband converted to Christian in 2014 and was converted
tChristian after accepting God as our lord and savior.

Our marriage lasted for many years without a child and beforethe death
of my husband, I have been seriously suffering from a chronic illness
(CANCER) and due to my illness, I have decided to give you the sum
($2.5 MILLION USDOLLARS) Two million five hundred thousand US dollars
to do charitable works as recommended by my late husband

during his last period. But my late Husband warned me not to expose
the existent of this fund to his brothers because of their evil mind
and bad intention and he told me to keep this fund secret and not to
expose it to any of them. That I should look for a reliable person
outside this country that is going to used this money to carry out t
he Gospel.Please reply to me in my direct e-mail
(mary45ezell@gmail.com) if you accept this noble task, because I am
very sick and I cannot be online
every time to chat you.

May the peace of God be with you

Mrs. Mary Ezell

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