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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: Zita Blanc <ziita.blanc@outlook.fr>
Reply-To: Zita Blanc <zitablanc@outlook.fr>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2017 18:43:51 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hello,

Hello,

My name is Zita Blanc a netive of FRANCE, please i need your advice because i have money  kept, and this money i don't want to give it to politicians or people that don't have fear of GOD  because I suffer from brain cancer and my doctor just informed me that i will not survive after the next 10 weeks.
Even  though i'm been suffering  from one hospital to another,
Please the vanity of human life is like a
river,constantly passing away,and yet constantly coming in. life is vanity and is nothing, there is two thing we need to
know a time to born and to die that is word of GOD.

I have a sum of € 2.5 million euros that I had kept for a project.
I will be rigged to give you this money without asking anything in return.

Contact me as soon as possible if you agree to my offer, leaving me your contact information.

• Your full name,
• Your phone number,
• A fax number if possible.

Attached here my personal photos, evidence of deposit of the fund,  and  I am sending all these for you to have confidence that you are dealing with a genuine person.

Please i pray before contacting you and i see that You're  the Right Person who will handle this project so give ear to my proposal because I count on your good will and also the proper use of these funds is for work.

Best regards

Miss Zita Blanc.

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