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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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Fraud email example:

From: Christophe Mulet <christophemulet202@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2017 15:37:09 +0000
Subject: Message Important

Hello ; At first I apologize for this intrusion into your life, since we do not know each other, and even if I admit that this is very important for me. I am Christophe Mulet, French national, born 13 June 1957 in Néris-les-Bains in France. I have been suffering from throat cancer for more than two and a half years and unfortunately my doctor has just informed me that I am in the terminal phase and that my days are counted because of my health degraded. I am a widower and I have not had the chance to have children, nor close, which I begin to regret bitterly. The reason why I am contacting you is that I wish to donate a large part of my possessions since I have no one who could inherit it. I have almost sold all my business including a luxury yacht rental company, a steel mill and a raw gold processing plant to refine in Africa where I have lived for 25 years now. A large part of all the money raised was donated to various humanitarian associations around the world, but mostly in Africa. As for the rest of the sum, which amounts exactly to (€ 15,000,000), which is in a trunk sealed within a company of which nobody knows the contents except my legal adviser. Because I declared the content as a personal effect. My last wish would be to give it to you, so that you can invest a part in your sector of activity and especially in the humanitarian, helping people in difficulties. I am fully aware of what I intend to do and I believe despite the fact that we do not know each other, you will make good use of this sum. I beg you, therefore, to accept this legacy, but without anything, you ask in return if it is always to think of doing good around you, something I did not know how to do during my good condition health. And so that my assets do not become the property of this government or the funds reside. Having said that, being reassured to have fallen on a responsible person and especially in good faith, I ask you to kindly contact me as soon as possible to put you in contact with my legal advisor who will take care of the procedure of this donation In your presence here. Answer me at: christophemulet202@gmail.com Warmly Christophe Mulet

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