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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: Theresa Michelle <theresa.michelle99@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Theresa Michelle <theresa.michelle74@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2016 08:32:36 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: From Theresa Michelle,

Greetings,

I am Mrs. Theresa Michelle, a born again Christian and a widow and I want invest in your country with the sum of $ 4.8Million US that I inherited from my late husband, I want to invest this fund in abroad where I can come over to start a new life. Because my late husband relatives has taken all other properties my late husband left, But none of them is aware of this fund.

My husband deposited the trunk box that contains the fund under a security company, which I will present you to the security company after you have respond this message with your full Name and your home address and telephone numbers.

My late husband has given me both the deposit certificate and the key to open the consignment before his death. I shall release the key code to you as soon as the security company has delivered the consignment to you.

Reply back to me right away for more information.
Thanks,
Mrs Theresa Michelle.

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