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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: "pauline.dechaud" <marielindosso@gmail.com>
Reply-To: pauline.dechaud@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2022 15:43:24 +0200
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?RG9uYXRpb24g4pyF?=

Greetings my dear, my name is Mrs. Pauline from France, I am an old
Christian widow who is dying of esophageal cancer, I have the sum of
(€3.200.000.00 / Three Million Two Hundred thousand Euros) I inherited
from my late husband which he deposited in a Finance Company in Ivory
Coast where he worked for several years before he died, I want to
donate this money to you for charity, for you to use it to help the
less privileged people affected by the COVID-19 in your Country, fund
churches or mosques, orphanages and to ensure that the house of God is
maintained. I am donating this money to you because I do not have a
child of my own or any relation whose attitude have left me a good
remark so if you are interested to help me carryout this task please
reply me immediately with my Email address below for more information,
may God bless you and your family.

My Email address is: pauline.dechaud@yahoo.com

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Salutations ma chère, je m'appelle Mme Pauline de France, je suis une
vieille veuve chrétienne qui se meurt d'un cancer de l'œsophage, j'ai
la somme de (3.200.000,00 € / trois millions deux cent mille euros)
que j'ai héritée de mon défunt mari qu'il a déposé dans une Société
Financière en Côte d'Ivoire où il a travaillé plusieurs années avant
de mourir, je veux vous faire don de cet argent à des fins
caritatives, pour que vous l'utilisiez pour aider les personnes les
moins privilégiées touchées par le COVID-19 dans votre Pays, financer
des églises ou des mosquées, des orphelinats et veiller à ce que la
maison de Dieu soit entretenue. Je vous donne cet argent parce que je
n'ai pas d'enfant à moi ni de relation dont l'attitude m'a laissé une
bonne remarque, donc si vous êtes intéressé pour m'aider à mener à
bien cette tâche, veuillez me répondre immédiatement avec mon adresse
e-mail ci-dessous pour plus informations, que Dieu vous bénisse ainsi
que votre famille.

Mon adresse e-mail est : pauline.dechaud@yahoo.com

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