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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: "BOIRON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mme.liseboiron@vip.onet.pl>
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2017 19:34:21 +0100
Subject: RE:MRS LISE BOIRON

GOOD DAY MY GOOD FRIEND,

I AM BARRISTER MRS LISE BOIRON, AN INVESTMENT ADVISORY/LAWYER WITH KRAAMS ATTORNEY I APOLOGIZE FOR CONTACTING YOU IN THIS MANNER BUT THE SITUATION AT HAND
DEMANDS URGENT ATTENTION FROM ALL PRESUMED BENEFICIARIES. THERE IS AN UNFINISHED BUSINESS TRANSACTION WITH MY LATE CLIENT MR SABA MASRI, A JEW FROM MEXICO WHO WAS A
VICTIM OF A HELICOPTER CRASH SINCE 2010 YEAR.RESULTING TO HIS DEATH AND HIS FAMILY MEMBERS, YOU CAN SEE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SABA MASRI MR.MOISES, UNFORTUNATE
END ACCIDENT ON THE WEBSITE-LINK BELOW.
HTTP://WWW.YNETNEWS.COM/ARTICLES/0,7340,L-3832556,00.HTML

HE LEFT A SUM OF ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE MILLION EUROS (165,000,000.00) IN HIS BANK ACCOUNT HERE IN FRANCE, HE WAS A CEO OF AN OIL AND GAS COMPANY AND HAVE OTHER
BUSINESS INVESTMENT HERE IN FRANCE, BEFORE HIS DEATH IN THE YEAR 2012

I AM AWARE THAT THERE IS PLAN TO RETURN HIS FUND TO THE GOVERNMENT TREASURY IF NOBODY PUT UP A CLAIM. I WANT TO PRESENT YOU AS THE BENEFICIARY OF THE DECEASED, AND I
WILL USE MY POSITION AND INFLUENCE IN THE BANK TO MAKE SURE THEY RELEASE THIS MONEY TO YOU FOR US TO SHARE IT I SHALL EXPLAIN IN DETAILS WHEN I RECEIVE YOUR REPLY, IF
YOU ARE INTERESTED TO WORK WITH ME GET BACK TO ME IMMEDIATELY FOR MORE DETAILS. I GUARANTEE THAT THIS WILL BE EXECUTED UNDER A LEGITIMATE ARRANGEMENT THAT WILL
PROTECT YOU FROM ANY BREACH OF THE LAW.

YOUR FULL NAME:
YOUR FULL ADDRESS:
YOU’RE TELEPHONE NUMBER:
YOUR MOBILE NUMBER:
YOU’RE AGE:
YOU’RE OCCUPATION:
YOU’RE EMAIL:

PLEASE GET BACK TO ME URGENTLY ON RECEIPT OF THIS MESSAGE; I CAN BE
REACHED VIA THE ABOVE NUMBER AND EMAIL.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

MRS LISE BOIRON
75880 PARIS CEDEX 18
TEL: +33642744401
EMAIL: mme.liseboiron@vip.onet.pl

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