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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: Donata Rossi <help@onlinehmp.com>
Reply-To: donata.rossi@mail.com
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2017 11:01:54 +0000
Subject: Account Transfer




I am sure this mail will be coming to you as a bite of a surprise
since we have never met before and you would also be asking why I have
decided to choose your email, precisely I cannot say why I have chosen
your email but do not be worried for I mean no harm. My name is Miss
Donata Rossi, I am 93 Years Old barren divorced woman, Italian Born
American Citizen, I am single and have been for a very long time and
NO, I am not looking for a relationship as I am too old for that.

I have decided to render support to an individual I have never meet
before in my life because when I was young, I received a very big
anonymous help from an individual I did not know, still have not being
able to know till this very moment and the impact I got from such
gesture made me to do the same.

Presently, I have a Dormant / Inactive Private Portfolio Account for
Financial Circumstances in a Private Bank (Standard Chattered Private
Bank) and inside this Private Portfolio Account is the sum of Six
Million Six Hundred and Twenty-Four Thousand Euros which I preserve
for unknown financial circumstances and I want you to have this
Portfolio Account and the sum inside.

My Private Portfolio Account Number is 778399547304 and My Private
Portfolio Account Transfer Number is SCPB-77-304-DR. The Account
Transfer Number is use to Transfer a Private Portfolio Account from
one individual to another (Example: Next of Kin). You will have to
forward this email to My Portfolio Account Manager who will direct you
to the Account Transfer Department for the Online Bank to Bank
Transfer Process. (Contact Name: Bolton Isaac | Email:
boltonisaacbolton@gmail.com).

I have already informed My Portfolio Account Manager about my decision
and he is currently awaiting your email. If you are also wondering how
I got your email, well, it is almost 2018, with the right people and a
good conscience, you can get whatever you want or need. I cannot hold
a pen, not alone see the keys on a computer, but I still can speak,
not out loud but still can, so I spoke all this and it was written for
me by my assistant, it is also my assistant who will be sending you
this email. My assistant and those who take care of me are on contract
with me which expires the day I die and they all have been paid before
they started taking care of me 7 years ago

This is the only email you will receive from me, as shocking and
strange as all this may feel or seem, I don’t have the energy or life
left for further explanation or communication and I hope you get the
best out of life while you are still here.

Sincerely yours.
Donata Rossi.

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