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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: "Christy Walton" <portatil75247@sfl.cat>
Reply-To: cwr68688@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2018 22:51:51 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Re:


Dear beloved,

Greetings to you! I am Mrs. Christy Walton, a citizen of the United States
of America. I am a widow and a businesswoman. 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.

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 7 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. Please reply me back if you are interested so I
can provide you with further details.

I await your response.

Remain Blessed
Mrs. Christy Walton



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