419 scam: "Eric Gillet" <info@gmail.com> Kindly, get back to me.

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Eric Gillet" <info@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <eric.gillet@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 15:24:45 -0700
Subject: Kindly, get back to me.

Dear,

I am by the name, Mr. Eric Gillet. I was the financial manager (lawyer) to a late client, Dr. Herbert Wigwe; a bank Chief and an industrialist. I am making this contact regarding a sum of US $22,822,000 he left behind under my watch.

Few weeks before his demise, he moved the funds into a suspense account because he had plans to deploy it into use for a Charity in Ukraine specifically. Just two (2) days before the fatal helicopter crash that took his life, his wife and son, he had confided in me that once he returns we will sit to finalize the legal frame-work to dispose of the said sum of money. Unfortunately, he is no more.

It is within my right & obligation to move a writ to recover the funds but I cannot do it in my name. That is why I need your attention. Therefore, I would like to use you to claim the money so we can share fifty percent (50%) of it between us and spend the other half in charity at your own discretion.

Please, get back to me if you are interested so I can explain further.

Kindest regards,
Eric Gillet.

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