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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: Segolene Menard <segolenemenard01@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 18:22:03 +0100
Subject: Hello Dear in Christ,


Hello Dear in Christ,

I am Mrs. Segolene Ménard, born July 19,
1959 and I am under medical supervision for over (3) months since I have
a brain tumor. My doctor just informed me that my days are numbered
because of my health will increasingly degrading. I have a large sum of
money, that I want to make available to you; so you can use it for good
will.

If I chose to contact you is because, I wish that this
operation is done in utmost discretion without too much publicity
because of my previous activities. I wish that you agree to serve legal
administrator (beneficiary) and perform an action program by creating a
foundation or an NGO to help the elderly and children in difficult
circumstances.

My marital status is such that I'm single because I
lost my husband for over 10 years and unfortunately we did not have a
child, I have no one to whom to leave my legacy to and this is the
reason while I wanted to donate this money to you and your organization.
I will be so graceful to help the poor with this fund; I am donating
this sum of TWO MILLION DOLLARS ($2.000,000) to help you establish a
charitable foundation in my memory so that the grace of God be with me
to my final resting place for me to receive an honorable place with the
Lord our father.

Have no fear, I am contacting you because I
prayed for several nights for God to give me the contact of a trusted
person to whom I could entrust this fund with to create a charitable
foundation in my memory .

I will like to have confirmation of
your details such as: (Name, address, telephone, Occupation, marital
status, age) I will also like to know on what project you intend to
achieve with these funds? I count on your goodwill and especially the
proper use of these funds and I am waiting for your urgent respond, to
enable me to put you in contact with my bank manager.

Receive the expression of my fraternal greetings.

Mrs. Segolene Menard

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