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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: DAVID SIMMONS <helerockf@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2023 12:53:43 +0000
Subject: Good Day; Dear Respectful One,

Good Day Dear Respectful One,

Really is true i don't know you in person but in my mind i believe you
are a nice and trustworthy person that is why i decided to contact you
hoping that you will not betray this confidence which i have in you.

My name is David Simmon19 years old from France please go through
below my mail and see if you can Assist for Our mutual benefit, My
Father was a business contractor who specialized in Mineral Resources
and importation of Gold, he died as a result of CORONAVIRUS that led
him to undesirable death one week after his trip from United State to
negotiate on a business he wanted to invested in,

Recently, his bank management here in France wrote me that my late
father has a deposit in their bank custody the sum of ( £25.4 Million
Euro) which i was surprise to hear, but after my visit to the bank i
found out is true, and when i went back to the bank to have access
with the money the bank management refuse that i am too tender that i
have to present them a foreign Beneficiary of my choice since no name
was mentioned to them by my late father as a beneficiary during the
time of the deposit,

So please i solicit for your assistance to stand as my late father's
foreign Beneficiary to enable the bank release the fund to you, I look
forward to hear from you for more details if you are willing and able
to help me.

Best Regards.
David Simmon

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