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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. Claudio Glenn Thomas." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <claudiogt@outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 01:38:27 -0500
Subject: MAY THE PEACE OF THE LORD BE WITH YOU

Calvary Greetings to you..I am Mrs. Claudio Glenn Thomas a 44 years old
woman from Switzerland but now transferred to an hospital in uk all
because i am suffering

from the long term cancer of the breast.. I am widow to the late Glenn
Thomas, 49, a former BBC journalist, had been a media officer for the
World Health Organisation

in Geneva for more than a decade and was travelling to an International
Aids Conference in Australia. who died in a
malaysian-airlines-flight-mh17 ... From all

indication the doctor told me i cannot leave for more than 1 months and
before my late husband died i did not have any child .. I am from the less
privileged home..

Before my late husband died he deposited the sum of 5 million dollars fund
for me in Swiss Bank Corporation a large integrated financial services
company located in

Switzerland and now that I cannot leave for more that 1 months I taught of
this and now i have decided to deposited this money to help the poor ones
and the churches

out there and also the less privilege where i come from.. All my husbands
family abandon me all because of my critical condition. So i prayed over
this and i want you

to know that the Lord has chosen you for this grate mission.. So I want
you to try all your possible best to see to this and get back to me at my
private email;

claudiogt@outlook.com so that we can talk better.. I really hope to read
from you soon..

Stay Blessed,

Mrs. Claudio Glenn Thomas.

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