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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: Hermuy Calle <mrshermuycalle101@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrshermuycalle44@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2021 20:20:36 -0700
Subject: Beloved

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Greetings from Calvary in the name of the ALMIGHTY
I am Hemuy Calle from Brazil I am 69 Years Old. I married to late
Hernandez Calle a Citizen of Mexico, who is a wealthy businessman,
We are married for many years without a child before his demise after
a brief illness. Before his sudden death, we were dedicated Christians
and we both had intention of running an orphanage home and help the
less privileged.

We both deposited the sum of Ten million and Nine hundred thousand
dollars (US $ 6,3million) in a bank and the money is still with the
bank but presently dormant because the account has not been serviced
for quite a long time now.

I have been presently diagnosed of Aden carcinoma(Cancer of the small
intestine) and that has been my major worry after the doctor has
confirmed minimal life expectancy and now I have decided donate this
money to an honest individual who will use it for work for the
almighty, orphan, widow, and maintenance of the church to Fulfilling
the vow that I and my late husband made to the Almighty, and I chose
you after days of waiting and praying.

I want this money to be used as I said, since I do not have any close
trusted person to inherit this fund and our relatives are all skeptics
and non-believers but if you assure me to be sincere in doing this
work of charity then you will get 30% of the fund for your effort and
use the rest, like I said. I'll give you more further directives once
i read from you. I will need your full name, permanent address, age,
your job and mobile number and i will advise you to take every step
very serious.

Hemuy Calle

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