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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: "Jeannette Puhetini" <jeqnnettepuhetini21@outlook.com>
Reply-To: <jeannettepuhetini1969@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2020 14:22:24 +0200
Subject: Hello






Hello, excuse me this way to contact you, in short, I myself

My Name is Jeannette Puhetini of French origin and I live currently in

America. My husband is french like me and he had suffered a serious

Disease killed him he had suffered from cancer. I remind that

He had opened a bank account in France and it has a sum of

4,500,774 Euros which I would like to make a donation has a unknown person

So that to good using it. Since his death on behalf of my husband is

Blocked and there is this 1 month I learned who ' l we transfer the funds
since

In Africa at the service of security company and has the time or I'm

Talking with you the money is still available, but I can see that the Bank
want to divert the funds they think I have forgotten the funds or I don't
it's not... I just

Take contact with the security company service the Fund is

Currently. And I found you really generous reason

I contacted you. Me even I am currently hospitalized... Death

>From my husband has affected me a lot and I could get married again

With another Man here in the USA and we had a child. I would like to make of
this

Sum a gift before deleting my husband account, because it leaves me

Really a bad memory every time that I look at the documents of

His bank account to the way I didn't cure. I would like to the

Suite funds out if you can benefit this gift. For more details

Please answer me as soon as possible on my email. (
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/h/1kmcbrmgpz7ff/?&cs=wh&v=b&to=Jeannettepu
hetini1969@gmail.com> Jeannettepuhetini1969@gmail.com)

And I will give you instructions to follow as well as the necessary evidence

For this case waiting to read quickly





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