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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: "Mrs.Charlotte Richard" <krv@ccclindia.com>
Reply-To: charlottegoss@yandex.com
Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2019 13:02:38 +0530
Subject: PLS Friend Respond now!

My Dear,

Please, let this message not come to you as a surprise, but a divine duty.

I am Mrs.Charlotte Richard Goss, I am married to late Engr. Lucas Jr.
Richard Goss, of blessed memory who was an Oil Explorer in Asia countries
and
especially here in Australia for many years before he died in the year
2010. We were married for twenty five years without a child, before his
death we were both born again Christians and after his death I decided not
to re-marry.

Since his death I have been battling with both cancer and stroke. When my
late husband was alive he deposited sum of $27,600,000.00 ( Tweenty
Seventeen Million, Six Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in a cash
Investment with a Commonwealth Bank here in Australia.

According to the doctor recently, my medical report quotes a very short
life sperm due to my health status presently. May be I may still have
another 5 month to live, that I do not know but God can say. That is just
my faith as a deteriorating cancer patient.

I have been disturbs by my one sided paralyses recently due to stroke
diagnoses. Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to a
devoted God faring individual or organization that will utilize this money
the way I am going to instruct herein. I want an individual or
Organization to use this money in all sincerity to fund Charity
organization, build Churches, and take care of orphanages and widows, and
also
propagating the word of God and to ensure that the society upholds the
views and belief of the holy book. It is for this reason I humbly request
you to help me Stand and receive this payment of $27.6 Million in which I
have decided to give you $7 Million for your effort and any expenses
you may incurred when receiving this payment, while the balance $20.6
Million should be distributed for Charity to take care of orphanages,
widows, disaster Victims.

I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this
money and my husband relatives are very bad, in fact am suspecting
them to be the one that killed my husband so that they will inherit all
his wealth. They have possessed some of my husband properties but this
fund is not disclosed to them that is why I am searching for real brother
or sister in the Lord to assist in using this fund to open charity
organization.

Promise me that you will use this money as I instructed you here? and as
soon as I receive your reply by God’s grace I will introduce you to my
lawyer as my brother/sister that will inherit the money, i will also
direct the Commonwealth Bank to transfer the funds to you
as my inheritor.

I want you to make time out of your very busy schedule and see to the
success of receiving this payment within the shortest period of time
because the Directors of the Financial Secure Bank where the fund was
logged may use the money for their selfish purpose in case anything happen
to me.

Please while replying me remember to indicate

Full Name
Address
Telephone
What You Do for a Living?
Thank you and God bless you.

Best Regard

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