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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- gronthomass@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Gron Thomas Thorsen" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gronthomass@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2015 20:15:52 +0300
Subject: Read and Respond

From The Desk Of Gron Thomass Thorsen

London United Kingdom

Dear Sir,

I have picked up the trust and courage to write you this letter with divine confidence that you are a reliable and honest person who will be capable for this important and confidential transaction which I have for you, believing also that you will never let me down either or in the future. I was in California on a seminar and I got your information from a trdae consultant here in California, though I did not disclose the purpose of my seeking for a foreign partner to him.

Unfortunately, I had to leave California due to urgent appointment back home; this was the reason why I decided to write you this letter immediately I arrived home to my country. My name is Gron Thomas a Solicitor at Law and the personal Attorney/Sole Executor to the late Mr. Randolph Marriott, hereinafter referred to as my client; an industrialist, who worked as an Oil and Gas Merchant in my country and passed away. There is an account opened in one of the banks in the United Kingdom by my client in 2010 and no family member knows about this account or anything concerning it. In 2013, Mr. Randolph Marriott summoned me to his office to commence his WILL process, that was when his health condition became worse. He eventually died few months ago, leaving the WILL uncompleted. The family does not know about his personal deposit of ?19.7 Million (Nineteen Million Seven Hundred Thousand Pound Sterling) as it is not listed on the WILL, and all the family focus, I want to present you as his trus

I will secure the vital documents that will make you the beneficiary of the fund to enable us claim it from the bank where the fund is deposited. The WILL is with me and no member of his family has not seen the WILL yet and the bank where the fund is deposited is not known to them.

The question is, can we work together?

Kindly get back to me via my Email : gronthomass@gmail.com for further discussion on this if you are interested.

Respectfully Yours,

Gron Thomass Thorsen

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