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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.ruth.solomon@hispavista.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 22:03:35 +0100
Subject: My Donation ?4,000,000

My Dear ,

With warm hearts I offer my friendship, and my
greetings to you in the name of our lord God,
and I hope this letter meets you in good time, I
propose with my free mind and as a person of
integrity from God, I know that this message
will appear as a surprise to you that we barely
now but the grace of God directed me to you and
I wish you read this message and be blessed in
name of the Lord.I have a brain tumor, I suffer
terribly at the moment. My doctor

just informed me that my days are numbered
because of my health therefore condemned to
certain death. Currently, I have exhausted all
my savings for my medical care.But I do have
some funds for my charity project, these funds
are deposited in a fixed deposit in a local bank
here in Benin. purposed for charitable
foundation My marital status is such that I'm
single because I lost my Husband for over 9
years now and unfortunately we have not had a
child

together, which I am no one to leave my legacy .
therefore, to release my funds I would like to
make a donation so that there is no stiff tax on
my money.To this I would so graceful and in
order to help the poor to give what amounts to
said legacy worth Four million euros (4,000,000
?) (Four Million Euro) to enable you to
establish a charitable foundation in my memory
so that the grace of God be with me until my
last home so I can receive an

honorable place with the Lord our father. I have
no fear because before contacted you, i have for
several nights prayed for the Lord God to give
me the contact of a trusted person to whom I can
entrust this matter and it is the result of why
I am doing research that allowed me to contact
you through this site.Know that you can keep
half of the money for yourself and the rest will
be used to create a charitable foundation in my
memory and a federation in the fight against
cancer and also build orphanages.

I would have the following information: Your
name and first name, your exact address and your
permanent telephone contact so I can forward
them to my lawyer to appear that you perform the
procedure under deal.I count on your goodwill
and especially on the proper use of these funds
have something I do not doubt because I have
great confidence in you that God may guide me
toward you. my private E-mail:
mrsruthsolomon29@yahoo.fr Awaiting your prompt
reply, receive my cordial and fraternal
greetings.
Yours Sincerely
Mrs Ruth Solomon My Private email:
mrsruthsolomon29@yahoo.fr


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