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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: "lp8650739@gmail.com" <lp8650739@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 03:32:26 +0000
Subject: Donation


Hello,
I am Lawrence Pierre, financial assistant to late Jeffrey Epstein Financier owner, an American billionaire who died recently in New York prison. Two days before his death he instructed me to give $10,500,000 million dollars to an individual for charity work 30% will be for you that will handle the distribution and it should be kept confidential.
He also warned me to remain anonymous, the public or the government should not be aware of this donation.

You can view more details about late Jeffrey Epstein on this link https://news.sky.com/story/jeffrey-epstein-signed-will-two-days-before-death-11789531

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/08/jeffrey-epstein-dies-by-suicide-report.html

You will not be asked to pay Tax or legal fees, as soon as you respond to this email that you can use this money wisely for charity work i will make urgent arrangement for this money to be with you in three-four working days.

Reply me with the following details:
Full names:
Address:
Occupation:
Telephone number:

Regards,

Lawrence Pierre


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