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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. Clementine Toussaint" <tmrsclementine@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2021 21:41:01 +0100
Subject: QUICKLY REPLY ME WITH THIS EMAIL(tmrsclementine@gmail.com)

Greetings!

I am Mrs. Clementine Toussaint, I have decided to donate what I have
to you/Churches/ Motherless babies/Less privileged/Widows' because I
have been suffering from throat cancer for two years now and I have a
short life to leave according to my doctor, I am entrusting this
charity project to you, I do not have formal relationship with you but
because of my present predicament and circumstances I am, I made to
contact you.

I have made up my mind to donate my inheritance of $8.5million to the
less p rivileged please help me to fulfill my last wish. At the
momentI cannot take any telephone calls right now due to the fact that
I am unable to talk due to my health status. I have adjusted my will
and my lawyer is aware.

I have willed those properties to you by quoting my Personal File
Routing and Account Information. And I have also notified the bank
that I am willing that properties to you for a good, effective and
prudent work. I know I don't know you but I have been directed to do
this by God. I will be going in for a surgery soon and I want to make
sure that I make this donation before undergoing this surgery.

I will need your support to make this dream come through, could you
let me know your interest to enable me give you further information? I
hereby advice to contact me by this email address

(tmrsclementine@gmail.com)
Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Clementine Toussaint.

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