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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: "Szilinski" <Robert.Szilinski@badminton-neusatz.de>
Reply-To: ivanalifontii@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 11:30:31 +0200
Subject: From Ivana Li Fonti

I am sure this mail will be coming to you as a bite of a surprise since we
have never met before and you would also be asking why I have decided to
choose you amongst the numerous internet users in the world, precisely I
cannot say why I have chosen you but do not be worried for I mean no harm.
My name is Ivana Li Fonti, I am 89 Years Old barren divorced woman,
Italian Born American Citizen, I am single and have been for a very long
time and NO, I am not looking for a relationship as I am too old for that.

I have willed and given out almost all of my assets to several charity
homes, individuals far and nigh and to some of the less privileges in
different countries. I have also decided to render support to an
individual I have never meet before in my life because when I was young, I
received a very big anonymous help from an individual I did not know,
still have not being able to know till this very moment and the impact I
got from such gesture made me to do the same. Presently, I have a Safe
Deposit Box for Financial Circumstances in a Private Security Company
(MetroX Vaults Security Company) and inside this Box is the sum of Three
Million Six Hundred and Twenty-Four Thousand Euros which I preserve for
unknown financial circumstances and I want you to have this Safe Deposit
Box and the sum inside it.

My Safe Deposit Box Number is MX873IVN and My Safe Deposit Box Transfer
Number is MX88VTF-IVN. The Box Transfer Number is used to Transfer a Safe
Deposit Box from one individual to another. You will have to forward this
email to the Security Company (MetroX Vaults | Email:
security@metroxsecurities.com | metroxsecurities@gmail.com). I have
already informed the Security Company of my decision, all they have to do
is deliver the secured Box, the key and Money to you after they receive
your delivery information. To deliver the Safe Deposit Box to me, it will
cost 1340 Euros, but I want it to be delivered to you, if you can pay for
the delivery expense, contact the Security Company, follow their
procedures and they will deliver to your destination.

If you are also wondering how I got your email, well, it is 2017, with the
right people and a good conscience, you can get whatever you want or need.
I cannot hold a pen, not alone see the keys on a computer, but I still can
speak, not out loud but still can, so I spoke all this and it was written
for me by my assistant, it is also my assistant who will be sending you
this email. My assistant and those who take care of me are on contract
with me which expires the day I die and they all have been paid before
they started taking care of me 9 years ago

This is the only email you will receive from me, as shocking and strange
as all this may feel or seem, I don’t have the energy or life left for
further explanation or communication and I hope you get the best out of
life while you are still here.

Sincerely yours.
Ivana Li Fonti.

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