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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. Sharon Grossklaus" <rosesbaa@gmail.com>
Reply-To: sgrosskluas86@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 12:56:34 +0200
Subject: Message From Mrs. Sharon Grossklaus

Message From Mrs. Sharon Grossklaus


Greetings to you, I know this proposal will definitely come to you as
a huge surprise, but I implore you to take your time to go through it
carefully as the decision you make will go a long way to determine my
future. My name is Mrs.Sharon Grossklaus, from Germany. I am married
to Late Mr. Andrin Grossklaus. He was the Director of T.C Industries
Cote D'ivoire. We were married for years without a child. He died
during the political crises. Recently, My Doctor told me that I would
not last long due to my cancer (Hepatocellular carcinoma) problem.
Before my husband died, there is this sum of $15.5m (Fifteen Million
Five hundred Thousand Dollars) that he deposited in account with a
bank in Cote d'ivoire.

Presently this money is still in the Vault of the bank where he
deposited it. Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund
to any good God fearing person that will utilize this fund the way I
am going to instruct herein and somebody that will use this fund
according to the desire of my late Husband to help Less privileged
people, orphanages, widows and propagating the word of God.I found
your email address from the internet after honest prayers to the LORD
to bring me HONEST PERSON I CAN CONFIDE ON, and I decided to contact
you if you may be willing and interested to handle these trust funds
in good faith. I made this decision because I do not have any child
that will inherit this fund and I do not want in a way where this
money will be used in an ungodly way.

This is why I am taking this decision to hand you over this Fund. I am
not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I want you to
always remember me in your daily prayers because of my upcoming Cancer
Surgery.This is not stolen money and there are no dangers involved.
Please kindly respond quickly for further details if you can handle
this task. Any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing
another person for this same purpose.

Hoping to read from you .

Yours Sister,
Mrs. Sharon Grossklaus

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