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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. Grace Canada" <webhainlily@gmail.com>
Reply-To: infoc2166@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2018 13:37:32 +0200
Subject: Bequest notification


Dear beneficiary,



On behalf of the trustees and executor of the estate of late Mrs. Auriel
Yvonne Mitchley, I hereby bring to your notice of the bequest in your favor.



Late Mrs. Auriel Yvonne Mitchley before her death made you a beneficiary to
her WILL. Being a widely travelled woman she must have been in contact with
you in the past, related to you or you were simply nominated to her by one
of her numerous friends or family who wished you good. You are indeed lucky
to be one of the beneficiaries to the deceased WILL.



She left the sum of five million United States dollars ($5, 000,000.00) to
you in the codicil and last testament to her WILL and it is in fact true,
genuine and will be executed legally according to law.



You’re advice to contact the trustee/executor Br. Adams Grayheard on email
id: infoc2165@gmail.com or call: 0027-72-571-4656 for processing and
immediate execution of the bequest to enable earlier disbursement by the
paying bank.



Yours truly,

Mrs. Grace Canada

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