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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: Mr Bruno Wilson <mrbrunowilson701@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 09:49:06 +0000
Subject: Greetings!!

Greetings!!

I sincerely hope that after you read this mail you will respond to my
call, let me start by introducing myself my name is Bruno Wilson. I am
70 years old, a Britain living in West Africa. I am a businessman and
own two companies here in Ouagadougou, married with two children. My
wife and two children died in a car accident six years ago but before
this happened my business and concern for making money was all I lived
for I never really cared about other values in life but since the loss
of my family, I have found a new desire to assist helpless families.

I have been helping orphans in motherless homes; I have donated some
money to orphans in Sudan, America and some Asian countries. Before I
became ill, I kept some money, Twenty Five million dollars ($25
million) to be precise in a long-term deposit account in a Security
Outfit.

Presently, I'm in a hospital my doctor told me I have prostate cancer
that I have a few months to live. It is my last wish to see this money
distributed to charity organizations. Because relatives and friends
have plundered so much of my wealth since my illness, hence I cannot
live with the agony of entrusting this huge responsibility to any of
them since the money in the Security Outfit is the last fund that I
have left.Right now I am partial stranded in the hospital due to the
nature of my sickness so I am appealing to you to help me collect the
deposit from the Security Outfit and distribute it amongst charity
organizations.

I would want you to use your discretion to distribute the money and
keep 20% of it for yourself. Feel free to reimburse yourself when you
have the money for any cost you might have incurred during the process
of collecting and distributing the money to charity organizations. May
the good Lord bless you and your family.

Please reply to this mail as I can only communicate through my laptop
which is by my bed, as soon as I get your response I shall then give
you the necessary information’s you need to collect this money.

Contact me via private E-mail: mrbrunowilson7001@hotmail.com

God bless you,

Mr. Bruno Wilson.

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