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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: Leonce Sandra <sandra93036@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 19:49:52 +0000
Subject: Please read content of message and reply now

Calvary Greetings,

Good day and compliments of the seasons, i know this letter will
definitely come to you as a huge surprise, but I implore you to take
the time to go through it carefully as the decision you make will go
off a long way to determine my future and continued existence.

I am an aging widow suffering from long time cancer of the throat. I
have some funds I inherited from my late husband, the sum of
9.5Millions Euros and I needed a very honest person who can withdraw
this money then use for investments and better purpose and it depends
on any investments you have in mind.

I am desperately in keen need of assistance and I have summoned up
courage to contact you for this task.thereare no dangers involved 100%
RISK FREE with full legal proof.

Please if you would be able to use the funds for the Charity works or
any better investment please kindly let me know immediately and send
a picture of yourself, your full names, your telephone number and more
details about yourself.

Please make sure you send your reply to sandra93036@gmail.com

Warmest Regards,

Mme Leonce

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