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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: Romanick Salinas <helerockf@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 09:41:24 +0000
Subject: I WILL HELP

Good Day; Dear Respectful One,

Please do not feel disturbed for contacting you, based on the
critical condition I find myself, My Name is Mr. Romanick Salinas from
France but residing in London UK since 1999 till now doing my
business, I am a business contractor but i specialize on Cocoa and
gold business ETC.

I lost my wife during this COVID-19 one week after my trip from
America to negotiate on a gold business which i wanted to invest in,
On 1th of last month my Doctor took an examination on me and found
out that i have ( METASTATIC LUNGS CANCER ), after the checkup my
Doctor told me that I don't have much time to live do to the level of
the cancer in my system,

I have a Deposit of ( TWENTY FIVE MILLION U.S DOLLARS ) with a bank,
having known my tomorrow as my Doctot made it clear to me, that is why
i solicit for your assistance to stand as my Foreign Trustee to enable
the bank release the fund to you since no name was mention to bank
during the time of Deposit as my Foreign Trustee.

Please i want you to promise me that you are going to utilize this
fund the way I am going to instruct you herein?. I want you to take 30
% of the total fund for your personal use While 70% will go to
ORPHANAGE, WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS ALSO CHURCHES MORE ESPECIALLY.

i look forward to hear from you for more details if you are willing
and Able to handle this transaction.

Best regards,
Mr. Romanick Salinas

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