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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: info@martminas.com.br
Reply-To: feyzaybrahim@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2024 04:35:58 +0100
Subject: Peace be with you


Hello My Dearest, I want you to read this letter very carefully and I must =
apologize for bringing this message to your email without any formal introd=
uction due to the urgency of this issue. I am happy to know you but the Alm=
ighty Allah knows you better and knows why he directed me to you at this po=
int. To begin I saw your email and contact details on my search for a good =
Next of kin online as a result of my urgency to put my last wish into reali=
ty before i die any time soon. I am writing this mail to you with heavy tea=
rs In my eyes and great sorrow in my heart, My Name is Mrs.Feyza Olcay =DDb=
rahim, I am contacting you from my country Turkey I want to tell you this b=
ecause I don't have any other option than to tell you as I was touched to o=
pen up to you, I am married to Mr.Yusuf =DDbrahim who worked with Turkish C=
onsulate General in Toronto Canada for Eight years before he died of the Tu=
rkey earthquake blast that took the live of 50,783 people On February 6, 20=
23. We were married for eleven years without a child. He died after the 7.8=
magnitude earthquake that hit turkey. He was a victim of a collapse buildi=
ng and couldn't survive.. When my late husband was alive, he deposited the =
sum of =20AC10,850,000.00 ( Ten million eight hundred and fifty thousand eu=
ro ) in a bank here in Turkey. Presently this money is still in the bank, h=
e made this money available for importation of Gold from Papua, indonesia m=
ining before his sudden death. Recently My Doctor told me that I would not =
last for the period of 3 months due to cancer problems again. The one that =
disturbs me most is my stroke illness. Having known my condition, I decided=
to hand you over this money to take care of the less-privileged people, yo=
u will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein. I want you=
to take 60 Percent of the total money for your personal use and for your e=
ffort and dedication towards the charity project work, while 40% of the mon=
ey will go to the charity project work, people in need from the street and =
helping the orphanage too, I grew up as an orphan and i don't have anybody =
as my family member. Also make sure that the house of Allah, Mosque is main=
tained from the funds. Am doing this so that Almighty Allah will forgive my=
sins and accept my soul because I have suffered from this illness so much.=
As soon as I receive your reply, I shall give you the contact of the bank =
here in Turkey and I will also instruct the Bank Manager to issue you an au=
thority letter that will prove you the present beneficiary of the money in =
the bank that is if you assure me that you will act accordingly as I Stated=
herein. Hoping to receive your reply, then i will proceed with you to the =
bank for the money transfer to your bank account as soon as possible, that =
is if you are serious enough to handle the project and also dedicate your e=
ffort to it because i believe i can trust you honestly. Yours faithfully. M=
rs.Feyza Olcay =DDbrahim

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