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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: Mrs Luiza SCHNUR <juifong@kmfa.gov.tw>
Reply-To: <mrs.luiza_schnur@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 03:49:42 +0100
Subject: [GSN Suspected Spam] RE: Salut

Only Faithful Believe.
 
How are you? Hope everything goes well.
 
Although I am not comfortable to send this proposal to you because of increase in SCAM and FRAUD. I don't have any other option than to tell you as I was touched to open up to you, I married to Mr. SCHNUR Daniel Marc who was exporter of Gold from Burkina Faso mining to worldwide for ten years before he died in the year 2010. We were married for 17 years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only sixteen days. Since his death I decided not to remarry, when my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of Ten Million Five hundred Thousand Dollars in bank and presently this money is still in bank, He made this money available for exportation of Gold.
 
Recently, I suffer from throat cancer terminally ill. My Doctor told me that I am condemned to certain death due to cancer problem. The one that disturbs me most is my stroke sickness. Having known my condition I decided to look for someone serious who can handle this money to take care of the less-privileged people,  the money will be utilize the way I am going to instruct herein.
 
As soon as i receive your reply i will give you more information and introduce you to the bank.
I await your prompt reply.
 
Yours sincerely.
Mrs Luiza SCHNUR

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