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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: "Nancy Ajuonuma" <mails@handicraftghar.com>
Reply-To: a07041547695@outlook.com
Date: 20 Feb 2018 10:21:11 -0800
Subject: Private Memo

Hello dear,

I am the financial manager of Late Mrs Linda Bates fund.I write
to seek for your cooperation to partner with me concerning the
sum of $150 million Dollars inheritance fund that belongs to late
Mrs Linda Bates who died some years ago.

At this moment,the fund is deposited at the security vault
department of a security company in Europe of which i want your
name to appear as the next of kin to enable us lay claim on the
fund since nobody knows about it.More details will be given to
you as soon as you respond to this message.

God bless you,

Regards,
Mrs Nancy Ajuonuma.

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