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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: clemsenmom@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 21:21:25 -0700
Subject: Re:Dear Beloved

Dear Beloved,

Greetings to you and sorry if this message came to you as a surprise. I am Mrs. Depri Jonas from Monaco. I am married to late Mr.Mitchel Jonas, who
worked with France Embassy in London for Twenty-Six years before he died in the year 2009, after a brief illness that lasted for only five days.

I found your email address through my late husband Mr. Mitchel Jonas internet data, we were married for Twenty -Eight years with a daughter (Annabel)
who later died in a motor accident. After the untimely death of my husband, I became sick and presently admitted at the hospital my Doctor told me that I may not last for the next three months due to my blood cancer and the most disturbing part of it is my stroke sickness.

I have some funds at Bank security vault in Africa inherited from my late husband account sum of (US$31.7M) (Thirty-One Million Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollar) I wish to know if I can entrust you to use the funds for charity project and %40 will go to you as compensation, Any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing another Person for this same purpose.

Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein. Hoping to receive your. reply
Remain blessed
Mrs. Depri Jonas.

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