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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: CAROLINE ROICHE <ecole.soukra@topnet.tn>
Reply-To: veuvecarolinaroiche@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2018 10:28:43 +0000
Subject: hello



Hello
 While thanking you for the attention give you to my dearest wishes, I
want you to know that I was not wrong person sending this message. My
ardent wish has always been to meet an anonymous individual so that the
latter leads social actions through a foundation. However, I would
understand your astonishment on my way to proceed. My name is Caroline
Roiche born 27 March 1944 French nationality but currently in as medical
observation in a hospital located in the Portugal. I had to contact you in
this way because I want to take you to donate a sum of €1,500,000 in
order to help people in need, make happy poor families, orphans, help young
entrepreneurs looking for financing to grow their sectors... of your
entourage. My professional life has been a real tourism as much as I have
always lived away from my country. First to Kuwait, where I worked in the
oil industry for two years. Then I was in the Republic of Benin (year 2001)
where I implemented several companies (real estate, engineer...). It is in
this country so welcoming that I have experienced true happiness, that of
marriage from a Canadian who also worked in this country. Unfortunately we
did not have the chance to have children. After five (05) years of common
life, my husband lost his life following a long illness. So I stayed again
alone with a Butler at my disposal and a dog until this cancer Vienna limit
my life. It will be almost four years that I have been fighting this
disease and medicine can no longer nothing following the results of the
medical examinations that my days are numbered according to the
investigation of my treating doctor. I had blocked this important sum in
one of the banks of BENIN for a construction project. I will be rigged to
you given this money to ensure that my donation project resulted. I took
you to accept this because it is a gift from a dying woman and this without
asking anything in return. Please answer me ASAP to my email address as
follows: VEUVECAROLINAROICHE@YAHOO.COM
 
Widow Caroline Roiche
 
 
 
 

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