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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: Bleguede Flooreck <blegeudefloor@gmail.com>
Reply-To: pbhonesty@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2021 16:58:53 +0100
Subject: Greetings

Greetings,

I am Bleguede Flooreck, a ward cleaner. I rendered help service to a lady
patient in a hospital where I work whose health condition was very
critical, she told me one morning that she may not make it that she would
like to confide in me about her life, she started narrating her marital
status that she lost her husband after their six months in marriage without
issue, that her late husband left the sum of $7m in a fixed deposit account
of one bank here that I should look for a foreign Beneficiary NOT from
Ivory Coast that will come for the claim and both of us should donate part
of the total amount to the less privileged of our choice.

I was actually moved with compassion to do the transaction myself but she
provided the agreement the bank reached with her late husband that only a
foreigner from outside West Africa will be allowed to claim the fund for
his family, reasoning that in case of death his family members shouldn't
inherit his wealth rather his wife and children to come before meeting his
unfortunate death without children.

The woman in question passed away on the 14 of last two months and was
buried three weeks later. Upon your acceptance I will forward the full
contact address of the bank and details of the account of which you have
become the foreign beneficiary for them to transfer the money to you as
instructed. I await your response.

Regards,

Bleguede Flooreck

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