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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: Gallon Elena <nicretro@t-online.de>
Reply-To: Gallon Elena <s1523cc@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2017 23:38:18 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Miss Elena.


From Miss Elena.
Good Morning,

I send a cordial greeting. How are you doing today? I hope you are alright. I wanted to ensure confidentiality, that's why I preferred we communicate through email. Thank you for giving me the privilege to exchnage with you. I assure you that you will appreciate knowing me. I would like to inform you of my desire to establish in your country through your kind assistance. Although we do not know each other well, but there is this amount of 17.5 million dollars, which my late father deposited in a fiduciary Bank here before his death. And I am the only beneficiary of the funds. I want you to help me claim the funds from the bank and have them transferred to your bank account. After which I will prepare my papers and come over to your country to start a new life. I am willing to offer you 15% of the funds if you can help me get the funds back. I will give you more details when I hear from you. Kind regards.

Elena Gallon

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