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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Bernard Arnault Billionaire investor" <agentphilip1010@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrbernardarault@firemail.de
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2022 14:26:06 +0000
Subject: Mr.Bernard Arnault Billionaire investor

Mr.Bernard Arnault

you have been gifted $2 MILLION USD in 2020 Donation Funds in this
month of March 2020 .
Contact us at this email for your claim: (mrbernardarault@firemail.de)
Note: if you found this email in your junk/spam, its because of your
internet isp server.

I hope this information meet you well as I know you will be curious to
know why/how I selected you to receive a cash sum of $2 MILLION USD ,
our information below is 100% legitimate, My wife and I decided to
donate the sum of $2,000,000,00 USD to you as part of our charity
project to improve the lot of 10 lucky individuals all over the world
from our $13.5 Billion Usd I and My Wife Mapped out to help people
before she died. We prayed and searched over the internet for
assistance because i saw your profile on Microsoft email owners list
and picked you.H?l?ne my wife and i have decided to make sure this is
put on the internet for the world to see. my wife has cancer and she
died at Colchester regional hospital, my wife just didn't die but she
was a great person and I miss her so much and this is why I have
decided to do one thing I promised her forever. as you could see from
the web page above, am not getting any younger and you can imagine
having no much time to live. although am a Billionaire Investor and we
have helped some charity organizations from our Fund.

You see after taken care of the needs of our immediate family members,
Before she died we decided to donate the remaining of our Billions to
other individuals around the world in need, the local fire department,
the red cross, Haiti, hospitals in Truro where H?l?ne underwent her
cancer treatment, and some other organizations in Asia and Europe that
fight cancer, Alzheimer's and diabetes and the bulk of the funds
deposited with our payout bank of this charity donation. we have kept
just 40% of the entire sum to our self for the remaining days because
I am sick and am writing you from hospital computer because I don't
know when I will die. To facilitate the payment process of the funds
($2,000,000,00 USD) which have been donated solely to you,

you are to send us.
your full names.................
your contact address.....................
your personal telephone number...............
your Date of birth............................
your Marital Status............................
your Occupation................................

One Passport photographs or any of your valid Identity so that I can
forward your payment information to you immediately. I am hoping that
you will be able to use the money wisely and judiciously over there in
your country. Please, you have to do you part to also alleviate the
level of poverty in your region, help as many you can help once you
have this money in your personal account because that is the only
objective of donating this money to you in the first place. I like to
re-assure you of the legitimacy of this services as we will not be
involved in any fraudulent act and will never be.

Use the money wisely, we only want to feel good by helping people this
time of the year, this is the only thing that makes my wife happy too
even now that she is not here with me anymore, we have too much to
give away as I only have a few months left on earth. I will advise you
as the prospective lucky Person to be calm not to loose this great
opportunity which millions of people are trying to entangle but the
chances just couldn't come for them because a lot of people are out
there to discourage them as they don't know how it works, and have
never seen such before.

Thank you for accepting our offer,we are indeed grateful You Can
Google my name for more information: Mr Bernard Arnault.
God bless you
Mr.Bernard Arnault Billionaire investor

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