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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: "Anton Bartolmeu" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <antonbartolmeu@barid.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 09:12:35 +0100
Subject: + HELP THOSE IN NEED +

From. Mr. Anton Bartolmeu.
Date: 1/23/2016

Kindest Attention:

My name is Mr. Anton Bartolmeu. I am from Portugal . I have
been
diagnosed with Esophageal cancer. It has defiled all forms
of
medical treatment, and right now I have only about a few
months to
live, according to medical experts. I have not particularly
lived my
life so well, as I never really cared for anyone (not even
myself)but my business. Though I was rich, I was never
generous,
I was always hostile to people and only focused on my
business as
that was the only thing I cared for. But now I regret all
this as I
now know that there is more to life than just wanting to
have or
make all the money in the world. I believe when given a
second chance
to come to this world I would live my life a different way
from how I
have lived it.

Now that my creator has called me, I have willed and given
most of my
property and assets to my immediate and extended family
members as
well as few close friends .I want my creator to be merciful
to me and
accept my soul, I have decided to give alms to charity
organizations and those in Need, as I want this to be one of
the
last good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have Distributed
money to
some charity organizations when I was well. Now that my
health has
deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself anymore. I
once asked
members of my family to close my account and distribute the
money which I have there to charity organization in United
States,
Asia, Middle East & Europe, they refused and kept the
money to
themselves.

Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be
contended
with what I have left for them. The last of my money which
no one
knows of is the huge cash deposit of Ten Million United
States
Dollars ($10, 000, 000.00) that I have with an Asset
Management /
Vaulting Company Abroad. I will want you to help me collect
this
deposit and distribute it to charity organizations and use
it to help
those in Need.

N/B:Kindly note that 80% of this funds must go to Charity
Organizations
around the World and 20% for your effort and time.

I cannot talk with you on the phone due to my health
situation, as I
am using my Lap Top Computer to communicate with you. You
should
respond to this e-mail: antonbartolmeu@barid.com
if you are interested
in carrying out this assignment on my behalf.

God be with you.

Mr. Anton Bartolmeu.
Email: antonbartolmeu@barid.com

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