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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: "Mrs Christy Walton's" <mrschristywaltons@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrschwalton1949@usa.com
Date: Sat, 19 May 2018 22:39:23 +0300
Subject: ***Not Spam*** Re: Hello Please get back to me


Greetings to you! I am Mrs. Christy Walton a citizen of the United States
of America. I bring to you a proposal worth the sum $14,900,000.00 (Million
USD) which I intend to use for a humanitarian project. In June 2005, I
inherited the sum of US$18.2 Billion from my late husband Mr. John T.
Walton following his death in a plane crash.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/27/AR2005062701471.html

I am happy to know you, I have never doubted my instinct as it has never
failed me, even as it has directed me to you at this point in time so do
not be afraid. I saw your e-mail contact at the department of commerce and
foreign trade. I am writing this mail to you with heavy sorrow in my heart,
it's painful to let you know that I have been suffering for esophageal
cancer and a rare heart disease for the past 6 years and just a few weeks
ago my Doctor told me that I won't survive the illness. I am contacting you
because I don't have any other option but to open up to you about my
project at hand.

The intention of this email is to employ the expertise of a Charity-minded
individual, who can identify a viable and guarantee reasonable distribution
of my wealth to the needy. I cannot rely on family and closest relatives
anymore as they did not show responsible behavior when I entrusted part of
my wealth to them to distribute to charitable organizations but instead
they used the money for their personal needs.

To prevent any more mishaps, my attorney will act as a check, monitoring
every aspect of the Charity. My will is with my Lawyer which my family is
fully aware of, but there is ($14,900,000.00 USD) of my Bank Worth which
nobody is aware of except my attorney.

Please get back to me on this email "mrschwalton19@aol.com" for further
details. Please endeavor to keep this confidential. I await your response.

Remain Blessed
Mrs. Christy Walton
Email: mrschwalton19@aol.com

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