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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: "MRS YVONNE C.BOLTON" <t76yoo@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 02:02:54 -0800
Subject: I need your help Dear Beloved one,

Dearest One,

I pray this mail finds you in a state of your sound health and indomitable
spirit. Please, I would like to confide in you for your honesty and truth
for progress. I feel quite safe dealing with you in this important
business. Let me introduce myself to you, I am Mrs. Yvonne Claire Bolton,
from a 40 years period of marriage life, we could not produce any child, my
late husband Mr.Frank Michel Bolton, was very wealthy, as gold important
and after his death I inherited some part of his business and money in the
bank.

I am contacting you because of what my doctor advised me that I may not
live for more than three months and 2 weeks and warn me to stop thinking
over it, But my thinking is. who is going to inherit me and the wealth.

Based on that, today I have decided to donate and contribute to the less
privileged, charity homes, and orphanage homes and to those displaced by
wars going on in the middle-east and around the world. I made this decision
after listing to the news line about 100 years old woman who secretly
donated her fortune and wealth upon her death, you can visit the bellow
website.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8o-e-iLsUM

I choose you after much prayers as I'm devoted Christian and always doing
the right thing as I have the confidence in you because I have prayed. I am
willing to donate the sum of $9.5 million U.S to the less privileged of
which you will be responsible for taking care of the disbursement and
sharing of this money to organizations that I will appoint.

meanwhile, you will also get 30% of the money which will be; Two million
height hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($2,850,000.00) as your
compensation for helping me fulfill this desire of donation.

Please, I want you to note that this fund is still in the bank where my
late husband deposited it. I am going to advise my lawyer to change my last
will to your name and file in an application for the transfer of the money
in your name. Lastly, I honestly pray that this money when transferred to
your account will be used for the said purpose even though I am late then
or alive because I have come to find out that wealth acquisition is not
always the final thing in life or death if you do not help people as well
when they need it.


please bear it in mind that all the money will rightfully belong to your
name as quickly as I get your reply, and I made the promise to god that the
fund will be used to help the needy and the less privileged.

May the grace of our lord the love of God and the fellowship of God be with
you and your family, please further discussion contact me with Your
information for more details as you receive my email:


Send the information in this order:

(1) Your full names :==================================
(2) personal or official contact address:==============================
(3) Home or Office phone#:===========Îllphone#:=========úx#:======
(4) Your Age:==============
(5)Occupation:==========================
(6)Sex/Marital status:=======================

Contact me immediately via my private email address (
mrsyvonne.clairebolton@gmail.com)And make sure you keep this as top secret
between us only non even my family lawyer.

Mrs.Yvonne C Bolton,

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