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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: "Mr. Carlos Slim Helú." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrcarlosslimhelu599@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 2 May 2021 17:49:00 +0100
Subject: Your immediate response needed Urgently...

Hello Dear,
 
I lost your email contact and telephone number that was the reason I could not communicate with you for a long time.
 
I hope you are doing well Today ? My name is Carlos Slim Helú, a Business Magnate and Investor from Mexico. I contacted you in the past for a transaction of $700,000,000.00 USD ( Seven Hundred Million United States Dollars ) investment in your Country.
 
I am very happy to inform you that I have completed the transaction a long time ago with the assistance of another personality from Japan.
 
However, I did not forget your past efforts. I deposited a sum of $5,000,000.00 USD ( Five Million United States Dollars ) with TD Bank in South Carolina under your name. And I would like you to contact Mr. Gregory B. Braca the TD Bank President via his private email address here ( bracagory@yahoo.com ) So they can process the transfer of the
$5,000,000.00 into your account .
 
I want you to make use of the $5,000,000.00 USD ( Five Million United States Dollars ) for yourself when it is transferred into your account.
 
I told Mr. Gregory B. Braca the TD Bank President that you will contact him and I know they must be expecting to read from you by now
.
 
Sincerely,
Mr. Carlos Slim Helú.

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