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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: " Hill" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <carterry09@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 21:23:41 +0100
Subject: RE: Non-read 1 Important request

Hello
I would like to make a proposal that may be of interest to you.
My doctor has just told me that my days have counted because of my health
This is my proposal, what I have to tell you is very important, I am a French 82 years old
I have lost my wife since 1997, if I write to you, it is for you made a donation and I wish that you would make good use of it. Because my wife and I were leading a gold mine, so to my surprise last week a gold guarding company called me to inform me that they still have our gold bullion with them and me Asking what I'm going to get them recovered but seeing that it's something that belonged to my deceased wife, her death gives me trot of worries and boredom really I want to see her ingots to remind me again of my Woman reason why I contact you to give its ingots to someone who can in fact charitable works, For myself I did not pluck strength to mingle with his steps
By the way, it's not many things, but just 100 bullion of 500 g (50kg). In fact, it's not a lot of things, but just 100 ingots of 500 g.
I am waiting for your answer to give you more details

Thank you

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Bonjour
J’aimerais vous faire une proposition qui pourra vous intéresser.
Mon docteur vient de m'annoncer que mes jours son a compter à cause de ma santé
Voilà ma proposition, ce que j'ai à vous dire est très important, je suis un français âgé de 82 ans
J’ai perdu ma femme depuis 1997, si je vous écrire, c'est pour vous fait un don et j'aimerais que vous alliez en faire bon usage. Car ma femme et moi étaient dirigeant d'un mine d'or, donc a ma grande surprise la semaine passée une société de gardiennage d'or ma appeler pour m'informer qu'ils ont toujours nos lingots d'or avec eux et me demande quant es ce que je vais passé les récupéré mais vue que c'est quelque chose qui appartenais a ma femme défunte, sa mort me donne trot de soucis et ennui vraiment j'ai plus envie de voir ses lingots pour me rappeler encore de ma femme raison pour laquelle je vous contact pour donner ses lingots a quelqu'un qui pourra en fait des œuvres caritatives , Car moi même je n’ai plu la force pour mêler a ses démarches
Au fait, ce n’est pas beaucoup de choses, mais justes 100 lingots de 500 g (50kg). Au fait, ce n’est pas beaucoup de choses, mais justes 100 lingots de 500 g.
J’attends votre réponse pour vous donner plus de détails

Merci !

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