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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.Girdaladze Krummenacher" <hanskelly55@gmail.com>
Reply-To: MrsGirdaladze1@outlook.com
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2021 00:21:24 +0000
Subject: Dearest One,

Dearest One,

I'm writing you this mail with the trust that only you can help me in
this situation for your trusted and God-fearing personality.

I'm sorry to intrude into your privacy. I saw your profile in the
web international domain database) when I was looking for a reliable
trustee to whom I should entrust my funds, I don't want to have my
offer declined because I have prayed over it and I'm convinced beyond
all doubts that you could be of help to me and carry out this offer
successfully, please kindly accept it with an open and positive mind.

I'm MRS Girdaladze Krummenacher 66 years, from USA but currently
hospitalized in a private hospital here IN (Lhasa) FRANCE?
Grappling with breast cancer disease I'm a business woman dealing
on gold exportation before the sickness. I had an amount of fund that
I want you to help me get into your bank account to set up a project
to immortalize me if I eventually pass on?

Now that I'm ending this Earthly race in this sad manner without any
family members nor child, I deem it necessary to build an Orphanage
home. I had instructed the bank to transfer $2 million US dollar
personal fund in my account but my mind is still
not at rest. I'm writing you now through the help of a computer beside
my sick bed in the hospital.

My main reason of contacting you now is because of the sum of my $10.9
Million USD I had earlier instructed the bank to transfer the money to the bank
account of the first foreigner or anywhere been male or female that
will apply to
the claim of the Fund after my Death or Alive but you will assure me
with the name of God the most high that you will take only 50% for
yourself and use 50% to build an Orphanage Home with my name in your
country just to immortalize my time on Earth and my mind to be at
rest.

I shall give you the Email Address and my data's once I
receive a positive response from you through this my private Email
Address: MrsGirdaladze1@outlook.com

Please, kindly Reply me with the details below for my confirmation so
that I can forward the Bank Email Address to you to contact them as
soon as possible.

1.Full name:
2.Your Age:
3.Sex:
4.Nationality:
5.Country of residence:
6.Telephone Number:
7.Marital status:
8.Occupation:
9.Send to me your picture
10.You have to assure me you will act as I have instructed you above
if the money gets to your Bank Account/

Yours Sincerely.
Mrs.Girdaladze Krummenacher.

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