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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.Gromova Anastasia Vasilievna." <michealcole02016@gmail.com>
Reply-To: gravm123m@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 23:55:07 +0300
Subject: Hello

Hello,

I am Mrs. Gromova Anastasia Vasilievna the wife of late Mr. Martins
Gromova. I am a Russian American Citizen my husband worked with the
Brunei Shell Petroleum Co Sdn Bhd (BSP) for twenty years and worked in
Istanbul Turkey as a contractor before he died in the year 2010.

We were married for 14 years without a child. My Husband died after a
brief illness that lasted for only two weeks. Since his death I
decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home.
When my late husband was alive we deposited the sum of $9.5 Million
with Economy security company in Turkey. The seucrity just wrote me as
the beneficiary to come forward to sign for the release of this fund
or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on
my behalf if I can not come over.

Presently, I'm in the hospital where I have been undergoing treatment
for esophageal cancer. My doctor have told me that I have only a few
months to live. It is my last wish to see this money distributed to
charity organizations, Because my husband relatives and friends have
plundered so much of my wealth since my illness, I cannot live with
the agony of entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them.

Please, I'm seeking for any honest person who will get the Funds from
the security company. And use this money to fund the poor,
orphanages, widows and charity organizations. I took this decision
because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and I
don't want my husband's hard earned money to be misused by his greedy
relatives.

I don't want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly
manner. Hence the reason for taking this bold decision. I am not
afraid of death hence I know where I am going if i die.As soon as I
receive your reply I shall give you the contact detail`s of the
security company in Turkey Istanbul .

Thanks

Yours Truly,
Mrs.Gromova Anastasia Vasilievna.

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