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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: juliet claude <julietclaude1@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 09:02:26 +0000
Subject: Please help

Greetings ,
I am Miss Juliet Claude, I am 18 years and the only daughter of late
father Mr. Thomas Claude who died in a motor accident February 22 this
year, He was a was a Gold and Diamond dealer in Ivory Coast. Before
his death, he told my mother that he deposited sum of US $ 1.3 million
with a bank in Lome-Togo .

Since after my father's death my uncles are troubling my mother with
their useless African traditions. They have taking all of my father's
belongings/properties and left us with nothing just because my late
father did not have a male child.
As a result of this problem, my mother fell very sick. Now she is
seriously sick and I have spent all the money we have on drugs and
hospital bills.

We have nothing to do than to run down to Lome-Togo to claim the money
($ 1.3 million) from the bank. We have contacted the bank management
and they said before the fund can be released but we must bring my
late father's foreign business partner to stand as my father next of
kin for security reasons.

Now we are looking for someone who will assist us and claim the money,
so that when the money arrives to his country, he will take his own
share {30 %} and we will take our own 70%. I am writing this mail to
see if you can assist us.

In my next message, I will give you more details.
Thanks and i am waiting for your reply soon
Miss Juliet Claude

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