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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: orders@mypharmacy.gr
Reply-To: grantmark19773@gmail.com
Date: 15 Feb 2021 07:45:06 +0100
Subject: Your immediate response will be appreciated

Dear Good Friend ,

I wish to introduce myself to you, I am Dr. Mark Grant a British, also a staff of an offshore bank (Lloyd Bank Plc) London office. I am the CEO. I am pleased to get across to you for a very urgent and profitable business proposal which I believe will profit the both of us after completion. I contacted you after a careful thought that you might be capable of handling this business transaction, which I will explain below. The sum of £37,500,000.00GBP (Thirty-Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pound Sterling) is floating unclaimed in my bank as all efforts to get across to the relatives of our client who deposited the money have hit the stones. There is this client Mr. Pierre Cardin a French-Italian fashion designer businessman, 29 December 2020, American Hospital of Paris, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, Mr. Pierre Cardin, died without a wife, he has no wife and no child. He was a renowned gay.
You can find below the links.
All attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless. My position here at my office requires me to investigate and provide the Next of Kin, I therefore made further investigations and discovered that Mr. Pierre Cardin a French-Italian fashion designer businessman did not declare any next of kin or relation in all his official documents, including his bank deposit paperwork in my bank. According to the British Law the money will revert to the ownership of the British government after 2 years if nobody applies to claim the fund. To prevent this from happening I have decided to seek your assistance to have you stand as his next of kin so that the said fund (£37.5 Million Great British Pounds), would be released in your name as the next of kin and paid into your account. All documents and proof that will have you claim this fund without stress will be forwarded to you upon your response to this mail.


Should you be interested? Please send me your:

1. Full names
2. Private phone number
3. Current residential address
4. Occupation
5. Age & Sex.

Your immediate response will be appreciated
Kind Regards,
Dr. Mark Grant              
 grantmark19773@gmail.com

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