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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: "S. Valdemarr" <info@cottonbaby.com.br>
Reply-To: vald20201@outlook.com
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 10:16:30 +0000
Subject: Hello



--
Hello

I am Schaeffer Valdemarr, an attorney at law. For some years now I
have been searching for the extended relatives of a deceased client of
mine who died with his family in the South-East Asia tsunami disaster
on the 26th December 2004 while they were on vacation. Kindly, visit
the below Wikipedia Link for details.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_and_tsunami

He was a crude oil merchant with an abandoned deposit of Fifty Million
Six Hundred Thousand United State Dollars. ($50,600,000.00 USD). which
is approximately 43 Million Euros in a bank and nobody will ever come
for this money because he died with his entire family and also because
none of his supposed extend relatives are aware of this deposit.

Recently, I received a notification from the bank to provide his next
of kin or extended relative(s) to apply for the claims of his deposit
or his account will be confiscated as stipulated by the law.

Thus, to forestall a total loss since I am unable to locate any of his
extended relatives, I decided to solicit your consent to present you
as his distant relative so that the proceeds of his account can be
paid to you for our mutual benefit at a ratio of 50% for your kind
self and 50% for me.

All legal documents to back you up as my client's distant relative
will be provided. All I require is your readiness and honest
cooperation to enable us executes this transaction. I guarantee you
that it will be executed under a legitimate arrangement to ensure we
work in accordance with the law.

Please observe utmost confidentiality and let me have your opinion as
soon as possible.

Thanks

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