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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. Liliane Bettencourt" <web.worldoffice@tim.it>
Reply-To: privateemailmessagecentre@aol.com
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2017 04:42:35 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Reply Me Immediately!!!


Hello,

I am Mrs. Liliane Bettencourt, Principal shareholder of L'Oréal. I was born on "21st, October, 1922" in Paris, France. I am now (94-Years). My Net-Worth is about ($44.8 Million US Dollars) as of (June/2017). I have only one Daughter (Ms. Françoise Bettencourt Meyers), but right now, I have Cancer, and i don't know when my death will come.

I have decided to give away some Funds to people out there, so i bought about (100 lucky Email Addresses from our Private-Email-Directory and your email was among the lucky winners. I want to give you and your Company a sum of ($15 Million US Dollars) from one of my (Security Vault &amp; Finance Company) in Dubai, and i wish you can help other people once you have received this money and invest like i did. I have discussed this with my Daughter and she agrees on this.

So I want you to get back to me as soon as you can, so i can direct you the way forward. Send me your Name &amp; Address and i will contact the (Security Vault &amp; Finance Company) to release this funds to you and your family.

You can check on my Bio-Data page to get a proper understanding of me and to know what i really worth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liliane_Bettencourt .

Remain Blessed!
Mrs. Liliane Bettencourt


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