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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. Crist Bru" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cristbru05@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2018 15:37:29 -0500
Subject: RE; YOUR FUND!

Manager/Ceo
Dear Sir/Madam,

I will like to invest in your country/company, but I don't know if you will
help/assist me. My Name is Mrs. Cristina Bruno, the Administrative Manager at
financial and security vault of Institute here in Madrid Spain.

I am contacting you based on a financial opportunity I discovered here in our
Bank. It's about an abandoned sum of $12.3M United States Dollars only, that
belongs to one of our foreign investor, a citizen of People's Republic of China
(PRC) who died along with his wife and two daughters aged 9 and 12, during his
vacation by a fatal bus accident on Monday May 7 2007, has killed 17 people and
injured 25 in southwest China's Guizhou Province.

Since then, I have made several inquiries to your embassy here to locate any
of our clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. This man
has been living in Spain for more than 18 years without returning to his hometown.

I am contacting you to cooperate/assist in repatriating the fund valued at $12.3M
United States Dollars left behind by our deceased client to you before it gets
confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Spanish Government due to the
Economics crisis here in the country.

I assure you that this transaction is risk free and its success is 100% guaranteed,
I am prepared to compensate you with a 40% share of the total fund for your assistance,
and 10% will be mapped out to offset any expenses during the transaction. The final
details will be given upon receipt an affirmation of your desire to assist me. This
entry was automatically translated from English to Chinese. For more details contact
me on my email: cristbru05@gmail.com

Best Regards,
Mrs. Cristina Bruno

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