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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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Fraud email example:

From: Mme Elyse Lebreau <reato.edilizia@tin.it>
Reply-To: elyselebreau@outlook.fr
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2013 15:26:04 +0100 (CET)
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Hello_your_message....bonjour_mes_confiance=E2=80=8F?=


Hello
beloved , A Vital called me Mrs. Elyse Lebreau , hospitalized at the
Royal London hospital following an incurable disease which my doctor
told me that if I
cross the divine miracle I could be saved. for
this I have seen a lot of projects ahead of me I am unable to take into
account of my health because my doctor was on his formal decision not
to let me sortie.such
as you even know I can always go out and stay at home so I vote how I can achieve all my wishes. is why I want to donate all my goods ie a donation
of all my goods such as the Bible ' said giving poor lends to God for evil immerse myself more in a weak totale.Pour that I took you to pay real attention to my appeal. thereby ,
the spirit of the Lord m' has anointed me to preach good news to the poor, to proclaim deliverance to the captives . My real desire is to help street children orphaned
people in difficult situations and build a community center for the poor and make them happy families poor .in the past I used the donations to associations but I was disappointed
with the way they management.of
more watching around the world there trot suffering we face beings
humains.of therefore we must live beings who have the ability to help a
time or few do back
without thinking about people who are in difficultés.any this case contains a sum of ( TWENTY-FIVE MILLION FIFTY THOUSAND EUROS) 25,050,000 Euros in a secure pay in the west Africa ( BENIN
) account. for contacting réflexion.unfortunately was great we did not have the chance to have children my husband and me after five years of living together , who died
after a short maladie.Répondez me s it please you my email address if you agree : elyselebreau@outlook.fr John 16:33 that
the Lord gives us his support.

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