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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: BACHMANN <pls7694@gmail.com>
Reply-To: e.bachmann@yandex.com
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 03:27:46 +0200
Subject: Re: Would You Help?


Dearest,

I'm Mrs. Elaine Bachmann from Switzerland once married to Mr. Heinz
Bachmann a fellow Swiss. We were married for twenty years without a child.
My late husband were dealing mainly in oil in Angola before he met his on
timing death in a plane crash celebrating his business associate birth-day
April 28th 2012.

Prior to the above sad day in my life, I then suffered ovarian cancer
disease in the 2015, and now that the battle is coming to an end due to
what my doctor admitted I got just few weeks to live, I'm sadden but happy
for the life spent. Now that am about to end the race like this without a
child and in contrast to how my family members & friends completely treated
me during horrible moment in my life? I decided reaching out to a total
stranger in your person to carried out humanitarian work in my memories
after coming across a news of 99 years old woman whom secretly donated her
fortune prior to her death, you can check below links for details.

http://www.aol.com/article/2014/10/29/standard-oil-heiress-leaves-former-school-40-million/20985809/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl21%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D554215
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Standard Oil heiress leaves former school $40 million - AOL
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www.aol.com
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When you think of an heiress, Paris Hilton is probably who comes to mind,
and you likely don't think of a station wagon. Well, for the last living
relative ...
When my husband was alive, he deposited the sum of $8 Million US Dollars
(Eight Million US dollars) in a Security/Finance Company. Presently, this
asset is still with the holding firm. With my health situation that i can't
do it myself, I therefore called upon you to accept this donation by using
these funds assisting orphans and widows. I am so inspired by Late Ms. Ruth
Bedford's Bequeath of $40 Million donation as sources of motivations.
Reaching out to you as a reliable/trustworthy person after prayers, I
strongly believes God has answered my wish for the needy through by not
betraying my confidence in you.

Please, always be prayerful all through your life by responding for more
details via my private E-mail: e.bachmann@yandex.com

Yours sister in the Lord,

Mrs. Elaine Bachmann.

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