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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: "HSBC Bank"<admin.corporate@totalgroup.in>
Reply-To: marian_drake13@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2017 10:12:56 +0100
Subject: I WILL HELP YOU!!!


Hello Dear, My name is Marian Drake 79 years old widow, I stay in Texas USA=
. I am a good merchant, I have several industrial companies and good share =
in various banks in the world. I spent all my life on investment and corpor=
ate business, all the way i lost my husband and two children in fatal accid=
ent that occur in November 5th 2000. I am a very greedy woman with all cost=
i don't know much and care about people, since when I have an experience o=
f my difficulty to sleep and give rest. later in the year 2016 December i w=
as sent a letter of medical check up, as my personal doctor testify that i =
have a lung cancer, which can easily take off my life soon.I found it uneas=
y to survive myself, because a lot of my investment cannot be run and manag=
e by me again. I quickly call up a pastor/prophet to give me positive think=
ing on this solution, as my adviser. He minister to me to share my property=
, wealth to motherless baby/orphanage homes/churches/Mosques/people that n=
eed money for survivor both student that need money/ business woman and man=
for their investment for future rising. So therefore i am writing this let=
ter to people who are really need help from me both student in college, to =
contact me urgently, so that i can make available preparation on that, espe=
cially women of the day who are divorced by their husband, who cannot survi=
ve the means of feeding their self please contact me and stop weeping, as I=
have over $8.5m (Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars)to distribute=
out. probably let me know what you really need the money for, and if you c=
an still help me to distribute money to the nearest orphanages homes near y=
our town, because now am so much with GOD, am now born again and you will g=
et 20% of the total money you will help me and distribute. May the lord ble=
ss you as you reach me, please to remind you, don't belong to a scam or any=
act of fraudulent on internet. I will give more information to you as i aw=
ait your response immediately. May God guide and protect you in all your en=
deavors. Best Regards, Marian Drake.
"Total Group offers single window services such as Custom Clearance, RoadTr=
ansport, Rail Transport, International Air & Sea Forwarding, Inventory
Management and Warehousing across India. In case you have any requirement p=
lease send email on info@totalgroup.in"

"This e-mail message may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privi=
leged information. It should not be used by anyone who is not the original =
intended recipient. If you have erroneously received this message, please d=
elete it immediately and notify the sender. The recipient acknowledges that=
"Surat Goods Transport Pvt. Ltd" / "Total Shipping & Logistics Pvt. Ltd" /=
"Interfreight Forwarders Pvt. Ltd." is unable to exercise control or ensur=
e or guarantee the integrity of/over the contents of the information contai=
ned in e-mail transmissions and further acknowledges that any views express=
ed in this message are those of the individual sender and no binding nature=
of the message shall be implied or assumed unless the sender does so expre=
ssly with due authority of "Surat Goods Transport Pvt Ltd." / "Total Shippi=
ng & Logistics Pvt. Ltd" / "Interfreight Forwarders Pvt Ltd." Before openi=
ng any attachments please check them foviruses and defects."


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