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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: "Maryvonne" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <maryvonne.legall@yandex.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2016 09:21:01 +0100
Subject: My proposal

I AM MS. MARYVONNE LE GALL THE HEAD OF ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT OF AUDIT
HSBC BANK (HSBC) IN FRANCE. IN MY DEPARTMENT IN THE BANK WHERE I WORK,
I DISCOVERED A SUM OF 8.3 MILLION EUROS ($ 8.3 EUROS) IN AN ACCOUNT
THAT BELONGS TO ONE OF OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMERS DECEASED, A BILLIONAIRE
BUSINESS MOGUL LATE MR.MOISES Saba Masri, A JEW FROM MEXICO WHO WAS A
VICTIM OF A HELICOPTER CRASH SINCE 2010 TO HIS DEATH YEAR.RESULTING
AND HIS FAMILY MEMBERS.

YOU CAN SEE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT Saba Masri MR.MOISES Unfortunate
END ACCIDENT ON THE WEBSITE BELOW LINK.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3832556,00.html
NOW OUR BANK HAS BEEN WAITING FOR ANY OF THE RELATED TO COME FORTH
BUT FOR THE CLAIM THAT NOBODY HAS DONE SINCE 2010. Personally I HAVE
BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN LOCATING THE DISPOSAL, WHICH THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS ARE PLANING TO SHARE THIS FUNDS AMONG THEM-SELF. WHICH I
HAVE GOOD HEART TO USE THIS FUNDS TO HELP THE POOR AND THE Motherless
Home.I SEEK YOUR CONSENT AS MY FOREIGN BUSINESS PARTNER IN THIS
TRANSACTION TO PRESENT YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN / BENEFICIARY TO THE
Deseased, SO THAT THE FUNDS OF THIS ACCOUNT VALUED AT 8.3 MILLION
Euro ($ 8.3 EUROS) CAN BE PAID TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT IN YOUR LOCAL
COUNTRY.ALSO THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE, BECAUSE I HAVE ALL
THE LEGAL DOCUMENT WITH ME TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE TRANSACTION, AND THE
FUNDS BE WE SHARE 50:50 I WANT TO USE PART OF MY FUNDS TO HELP
ORPHANAGE AND HOME Motherless Child AND I DONT KNOW ABOUT YOU. PLEASE
PROVIDE ME THE FOLLOWING FEW INFORMATION ABOUT YOU, AS WE HAVE FEW
DAYS TO RUN THROUGH IT.

1 YOUR FULL NAMES: .............................

2 YOUR AGE: ..........................

3 YOUR PRIVATE PHONE NUMBER: ...............

4 YOUR CURRENT RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS AND COUNTRY: ........

5 YOUR OCCUPATION: .....................

PLEASE ON YOUR CONFIRMATION OF THIS MESSAGE AND INDICATING YOUR
INTEREST, I WILL Furnish YOU WITH MORE INFORMATION ON THIS BUSINESS
TRANSACTION ONCE I GET BACK YOUR RESPOND ASAP.

BEST LOOK

MS. MARYVONNE LE GALL

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