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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: "Engr. John Brown." <contato@gracacarvalho.com.br>
Reply-To: jbrwn0090@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2018 12:01:34 -0300
Subject: Dear Partner,


Dear Partner,

I want you to be my foreign Partner in this confidential business
transaction as a Matter Of Trust!

I am John Brown currently working with Shell Canada Limited,a subsidiary
of Royal Dutch Shell Plc as an Expatriate Project Engineer on Gas
Turbines.There is a pending sum of $22.7M belonging to late Ms. Monica
Diepaleon, a French Contractor who supplied Compressor Blading Materials
for Gas Turbines to our company under my official supervision before she
died on Air Crash at Madrid's Barajas Airport Spain years ago and all
efforts made to contact her relatives to claim her unpaid contract Money
from Shell Management were to no avail and as such I felt it will be
unprofitable for her fund to be confiscated and reverted to Shell
Treasury/Reserve Account at the end of next Month as unclaimed contract
fund if no application of claim is being received by the Management for
the claim of the fund, hence I decided to contact a credible person like
you in order to present your Name to the Management as Ms. Monica
Diepaleon's Next of kin/Trustee of her fund with all the necessary legal
backup so that the $22.7M will be paid to you through your bank account
for both of us to share equally.Please consider this deal and get back to
me as soon as possible with the following Information to enable my
Personal Attorney starts the inhouse legalization and documentation
processes on your behalf, making you the next of kin/Trustee of the fund
and have the fund transferred to your bank account within few bank working
days from the day I receive your personal details as mentioned below:

Full Name:
Current Address:
Direct Phone Number:
Age:
Occupation/Position:

Here is the Scene of the Air Crash where she lost her life:(
https://airlineworld.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/deadly-spanair-crash-on-madrid-runway/
). I have intention of coming over to meet with you for investment
prospects in real estates as soon as you confirm to me that the fund has
been credited in your bank account. I look forward to your cooperation in
achieving this confidential and mutual benefit while I await your quick
and positive response.

Best regards,

Engr. John Brown.

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