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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: barrister Christopher <camiladonminguez@gmail.com>
Reply-To: barristerchrstphr@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 25 May 2022 14:24:33 +0000
Subject: Greetings Dear.peace be upon you,

Greetings Dear.peace be upon you,

I believe this letter will come to you as a surprise, but as things unfold,
we will know each other better. To begin with, I imagine myself to you. My
name is barrister christopher the lawyer

I am writing about a foreigner Mr. David Joe, a Frenchman who happens to be
my client of the oil of a merchant and a contractor who died in a [Egyptian
Charter] plane crash with other passengers aboard the Red Sea at the
beginning of January 3, 2004, shortlater taking off from the resort of
Sharm- El-Sheikh, killing all 135 passengers and 13 crew members on board,
as you confirm it on the website below:

http://English.peopledaily.com.CN/200401/04/eng20040104_131791.shtml

With the death of my client, I personally watched with great interest to
see the next of kin, but everything turned out to be unfortunate, as no one
came to claim its funds in the amount of US $ 5.5 m (5,500,000 US dollars)
bank, as neither report on any of the following. On this note, I decided to
search for which his name will be used as next of kin, so I contacted you
to help in repatriating most especially the money left by my client before
they are confiscated or declared bank-unused , where there are huge
deposits of veroldoges.

For more information about this transaction, please contact me at our email
address [barristerchrstphr@gmail.com] or you can specify your personal I
have an e-mail address so that I can write you detailed information.

It's very difficult for me to send this product to you because of your
domain differences mail.ru / IP. I suggest you create yahoo.com,
Hotmail.com or gmail.com and it's easy to answer me.

With best wishes and best wishes,

Barrister CHRISTOPHER Esk

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