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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: "Meunier <mcarolyne127@gmail.com> Sending As"
<mailrelay@misoftsolutions.com>
Reply-To: mcarolyne127@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2022 10:18:56 -0400
Subject: Re:Hallo

Hallo,
Mein Name ist Carolyne Kin Bogdana Meunier. Bitte gehen Si= e meine Nachricht unten durch und sehen Sie, ob Sie mir zu unserem geg= enseitigen Nutzen helfen können. Mein Vater war Geschäftsman= n, er lebte in der Ukraine und machte sein Geschäft bis zum Eintr= effen dieses Krieges in der Ukraine.

Mein Vater hat in dies= em Ukrainekrieg eine scharfe Kugel abbekommen, die zu seinem ungewollt= en Tod führte, eine Woche nachdem er in die Vereinigten Staaten v= on Amerika gereist war, um über ein Geschäft zu verhandeln, = in das er investieren wollte.

Vor dem Tod meines verstorben= en Vaters hatte er in einer Finanz- und Sicherheitsfirma die Summe von= zehn Millionen Euro, Gold, 18 Hektar Ananasplantage und 18 Hektar Kau= tschukplantage hinterlassen, also suche ich Ihre Hilfe, ich möcht= e Sie vorstellen als sein Geschäftspartner des Finanz- und Sicher= heitsunternehmens gefolgt von den Papieren, die ich Ihnen zur Verf&uum= l;gung stellen werde. Dadurch kann das Finanz- und Sicherheitsunterneh= men Sie als Geschäftspartner akzeptieren und Ihnen die Fonds, das= Gold, 18 Hektar Ananasplantage und 18 Hektar Kautschukplantage ü= bergeben.

Wenn wir dies gemeinsam tun, gebe ich Ihnen (20%)= der gesamten Mittel als Entschädigung für Ihre Hilfe.
=
Ich freue mich darauf, von Ihnen für weitere Einzelheiten z= u hören, wenn Sie bereit und in der Lage sind, diese Transaktion = abzuwickeln.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen,

Miss = Carolyne Kin Bogdana Meunier

______________________________= ______________________________________________________________________= ____________________________________

Hello,
My name is= Carolyne Kin Bogdana Meunier, Please go through my message below and = see if you can help me for our mutual benefit, my father was a busines= sman, he resided in Ukraine and did his business until l arrival of th= is war in Ukraine.

My dad took a live bullet in this Ukrain= ian war that led to his unwanted death a week after he traveled to the= United States of America to negotiate some business he wanted to inve= st in.

Before the death of my late father, he had left in a= finance and security company, the sum of Ten Million Euros, Gold, 18 = hectares of pineapple plantation and 18 hectares of rubber plantation,= So I request your help, I wish to introduce you as his business partn= er to the finance and security company followed by the papers that I w= ill provide you. This will allow the finance and security company to a= ccept you as its business partner and hand over to you the Funds, the = Gold, 18 hectares of pineapple plantation and 18 hectares of rubber pl= antation.

If we do this together, I will give you (20%) of = the total funds in compensation for your help.

I look forwa= rd to hearing from you for more details, if you are ready and able to = handle this transaction.
Best regards,

Miss Carolyne K= in Bogdana Meunier

=20

Business & Growth mad= e easy by   E= RP Gold.

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