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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- This email message is a "dying widow" scam.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- reply.chautran011954@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: INFO INFO <johnnyle2016@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2020 12:47:28 +0000
Subject: Hello Beloved
Hello beloved
I'm Mrs Chau Tran, wife of late Mr Richard Tran.
I am 66 years old widow. My Parents died when i was young then i was raised in an orphanage home.
My late husband worked with the Brunei Shell Petroleum Co Sdn Bhd (BSP) for twenty years before he died in the year 2010.
We were married for ten years without a child. My Husband died after a brief illness that lasted for only two weeks.
Since his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home.
When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of $5.5 Million with a with Garanti Turkish Bank. The Bank and the management just wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward to sign for the release of this fund or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf if I can not come over.
Presently, I'm in a hospital here in USA where I have been undergoing treatment for esophageal cancer.
My doctors have told me that I have only a few months to live.
It is my last wish to see this money distributed to charity organizations. Because relatives and friends have plundered so much of my wealth since my illness, I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them, that is why i need your assistance.
I am seeking for honest person who will get the Funds from Turkey Garanti Bank and will use this money to fund the poor, orphanages, widows and charity organizations.
I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and I don't want my husband's hard earned money to be misused by his greedy relatives.
I don't want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly manner.
Hence the reason for taking this bold decision that is why i took my time to write you and i know you will be skeptical on this but be rest assured that is God who directed me to you and strongly believed that you are going to help me to fullfil my last wish on this world.
Thanks and God bless as i'm expecting your qucik reply.chautran011954@gmail.com
Best Regard
Mrs Chau Tran
Attached is my valid ID card
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