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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: "Mrs. Walton Alice" <bahle-wagner@t-online.de>
Reply-To: "mrs.alice_walton@outlook.com" <mrs.alice_walton@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2016 23:33:29 +0100 (MET)
Subject: My love friend,




Hello,

I am sending this mail believing that it will get to you in good health. I
myself am in a very critical health condition in which I go to bed every
night not sure if I will be alive to see the next day,

I believe you are a highly respected personality, (All records are kept
with my lawyer).Presently, this money is still with the Bank. My Doctor
told me recently, that I have limited days to live due to the cancerous
problems that I have been suffering from. Early this year, 2016, the
deposited bank, as I have done so from a pure motive.

I got your email from a web journal and felt strongly to write to you.
Permit me to introduce myself again; I am Alice Walton, the daughter of
Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and Helen Walton, and sister of S. Robson
Walton and Jim Walton. United States Citizen, 64 years old, and worth $34.3
Billion Dollars. If you must, you can confirm from:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Walton

I attach my photograph in this e-mail to put a face to my emails. The
intention of this email is to be of immense blessing to people, with my
age, I cannot continue to amass wealth without giving out. I might not have
the liberty of time due to my sickness (leukemia), therefore, I am doing
this now. I have handed all my wealth to my only son, but there is part of
it which nobody is aware of. since my doctor said i have few weeks to go

I have been putting it away for this purpose since a long time now. I would
be happy to cede it out to you. I would have done this myself but for
health reasons and if I do it through my son, I am very certain he will not
help anyone with it. He took me to court the last time I gave out money out
of generosity.

It is my hope that you are able to receive this money and if you can, also
help others from it too as you wish. I am giving it basically to you
though.0.1% of my worth I have been amassing in capital projects for a long
time now and it has amounted to $34,300,000.00.

I am trying to cede this in money, portion by portion through a bank to as
many as can benefit from it because I do not really have much to do with
it. As I send this message to you, I also sent to others too.

I sent to churches, Orphanages, and individuals, 10% each to all whom I
have contact with. Now, all this being said, if you know you are ready to
receive the funds $3,500,000.00 (Three Million, Five Hundred Thousand
United State Dollars).

Kindly confirm readiness and introduce yourself in details:

Full name....
Address....
Age....
Occupation...
Telephone number....

Then will I give you a letter to receive your portion of money from the
bank. This is my personal wealth and does not need many formal procedures,
some beneficiaries have received theirs. My only terms are that you be good
with it and be good to others too, that's all. Please make it fast because
I have only a few days to use a computer since the doctors have given
instructions to stop me from the use of electronics.

As I wait for your response, I wish you a wonderful day.
Faithfully,
Alice Walton




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