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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: Simone Ragazzoo <desambro@tin.it>
Reply-To: simone.ragazzoo@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 07:57:22 -0300
Subject: Celui Qui Donne aux Pauvres =?iso-8859-1?b?UHLqdGU=?= a DIEU.


Bonjour Dans le Nom du Christ

Je ne serai pas longue, Vous aviez honneur à Veuve Simone RAGAZZO de
nationalité Belge et Hospitalisée au Canada. Je soufre d’un
cancer de cerveau et mon docteur m'a informé que je ne vivrai plus
longtemps. Je désire faire DON de mes biens à une personne physique
anonyme comme vous, afin que cette dernière mène des actions sociales
à travers une Fondation. Surtout, je recherche une Personne SENSIBLE
ou des SERVITEURS de DIEU (Pasteur, Prêtre ou autres). J’ai
besoin des prières pour ma santé, écrivez moi pour avoir plus
d’informations sur ce DON que je vous fais. Émail:
simone.ragazzoo@gmail.com

Merci et Que Dieu vous bénisse.






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