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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: SAVANA PACHECO BOUDIER <mehdi.ghedira@topnet.tn>
Reply-To: savana_pacheco@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2018 01:29:59 +0000
Subject: Hello



HELLO,
 
WHILE THANKING YOU FOR THE ATTENTION YOU GIVE TO MY DEAREST WISH, I WOULD
LIKE YOU TO KNOW THAT I WAS NOT MISTAKEN IN SENDING YOU THIS MESSAGE. MY
ARDENT DESIRE HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO MEET AN UNNAMED INDIVIDUAL SO THAT THE
LATTER CAN LEAD SOCIAL ACTIONS THROUGH A FOUNDATION. HOWEVER, I WOULD
UNDERSTAND YOUR ASTONISHMENT AS TO HOW I PROCEED. MY NAME IS BOUDIER SAVANA
PACHECO BORN MARCH 10, 1957 OF FRENCH NATIONALITY BUT CURRENTLY UNDER
MEDICAL OBSERVATION IN A HOSPITAL IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. I HAD TO CONTACT
YOU OF THIS KIND BECAUSE I WANT TO GET TO DONATE A SUM OF 1.025.000 € IN
ORDER TO HELP PEOPLE IN NEED, MAKE HAPPY THE POOR FAMILIES, THE ORPHANS,
HELP YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS TO LOOKING FOR FUNDING TO GROW THEIR SECTORS OF
ACTIVITY ...... OF YOUR ENTOURAGE. MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE HAS BEEN A TRUE
TOURISM ESPECIALLY SINCE I HAVE ALWAYS LIVED FAR FROM MY COUNTRY. FIRST IN
KUWAIT, WHERE I WORKED IN THE OIL SECTOR FOR TWO YEARS. THEN I WENT TO THE
REPUBLIC OF BENIN (YEAR 2001) WHERE I SET UP SEVERAL COMPANIES (REAL
ESTATE, ENGINEER ...). IT WAS IN THIS COUNTRY SO WELCOMING THAT I
EXPERIENCED THE TRUE HAPPINESS, THAT OF THE MARRIAGE OF A CANADIAN WHO ALSO
WORKED IN THIS COUNTRY. UNFORTUNATELY WE DID NOT HAVE THE CHANCE TO HAVE
CHILDREN. AFTER FIVE (05) YEARS TOGETHER, MY HUSBAND DIED AFTER A LONG
ILLNESS. SO I STAYED ALONE WITH A BUTLER AT MY DISPOSAL AND A DOG UNTIL
THIS CANCER VIENNELIMIT MY LIFE. IT WILL BE ALMOST FOUR YEARS SINCE I FIGHT
AGAINST THIS DISEASE AND MEDICINE CAN NOT DO ANYTHING FURTHER TO THE
RESULTS OF THE MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS MY DAYS ARE COUNTED ACCORDING TO THE
INVESTIGATION OF MY DOCTOR. I HAD BLOCKED THIS IMPORTANT SUM IN ONE OF THE
BENIN BANKS FOR A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. I'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU THIS MONEY
FOR MY DONATION PROJECT.I TOOK YOU TO ACCEPT THIS BECAUSE IT IS A GIFT FROM
A DYING WOMAN AND THAT WITHOUT ASKING ANYTHING IN RETURN. PLEASE REPLY AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE TO MY E-MAIL ADDRESS: SAVANA_PACHECO@HOTMAIL.COM
 
MRS BOUDIER SAVANA PACHECO
 

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