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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. Maria Teresa Bassons" <stelacheta06@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mariateresabassons@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 15:43:53 +0000
Subject: Greetings

Hello

My name is Mrs. Maria Teresa Bassons, from United States, I'm a widow suffering from esophageal cancer and Stroke, which denied me a child as a result of this, I may not last till the next two months according to my doctor report. I'm married to Mr. Steve Bassons, who worked as an independent Contractor here in Philippines, and we were married for many years without a child before his death. I'm 62 years old woman. I have some funds i inherited from my late husband amounting the sum of (€2.5 Million) which i needed a very honest and God fearing person who will claim the funds from the bank in Spain and use it for charity work, and help the less-privileged.

I don't need any telephone communication in this regards because of my health according to my doctor's report, please if you would be able to use the funds for the work as i stated, reply back so i will lead you to my Bank in Spain where this funds was deposited by my late husband, for you to retrieve the funds in my name as my next of kin.

Contact me by email address: mariateresabassons@zoho.com

I will stop here until i hear from you and always praying for me.

Yours,

Mrs. Maria Teresa Bassons.

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