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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: "Nancy Garnier" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <endene.garnier1986@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 12:21:11 -0700
Subject: Dear Respected ,

Dear Respected ,

With Due Respect and Humanity, I was compelled to write to you under a humanitarian ground, however, this is not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honour against your will.I introduce my self to you with all faith, trust and hope you will understand to assist me not to betray me at the end.

a woman by name Mrs. Endene Garnier, 59 years old raised me up from motherless home and gave me a name after her Nancy Garnier., Now she is have been diagnosed with Esophageal cancer of the breast, It has defied all forms of medical treatment, and Right now, she have only few months to live according to her doctor. From all indication her condition is really deteriorating, and her Doctors have courageously advised me that she may not live beyond next month, this is Because the cancer stage has reached a critical stage.

she was brought up in a Motherless baby home, and was married to her late husband Francois Garnier for twenty nine years without a child. and i was adopted. from south Africa as their only daughter.she and her husband are true Christians, but quite unfortunately, he Died on the 2011 presidential election in cote divoire where we leave and he was working with France Embassy.

Please I am contacting you to let you know my desire to establish a charity foundation in your country with this sum of US$8.8 Million (Eight Million Eight Hundred Thousand United States dollars) which I inherited from her; the late husband (Mr.Francois Garnier) was the one that deposited this money. It is my desire to see that this money is invested to any organization of your choice in your country and distributed each year among the charity organizations, motherless baby's home, mosques, churches, Schools, supporting destitute aged men and women or whatever you may have in mind that will be to the benefit of the less fortunate. I took this decision because I was raised from a motherless baby's home and Presently, she my mother is hospitalized here in (Ivory Coast) where she is undergoing treatment for her upcoming Cancer surgery operation.

I hope you will help see her last wishes come true. it is this money i might for the investment i told you.

God bless you.

Nancy Garnier

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