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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: Pochic AURELIE <pochicaurelie@aronaba.ch>
Reply-To: pochic.aurelie@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 05:16:46 +0100
Subject: Bonjour Dans le Nom du Christ



--
Bonjour
Je me nomme Veuve Pochic AURELIE née le 10 Octobre 1951 (66 ans), je
suis
de nationalité française. Chaque jour qui passe, je me sens très mal et
j'ai de plus en plus assez de peur en moi à cause de mon cancer qui est
très évolué. J'ai un fond au somme de (2.350.000.00 € ) qui n'est rien
d'autre que le reste de mes biens et je voudrais en faire don. Je vous
prie
d'accepter cette somme car elle pourrait bien vous êtes très utile. Je
ne
vous demande rien en retour.
Mon e-mail: pochic.aurelie@hotmail.com
Votre sœurs en CHRIST.
Aurelie POCHIC.

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