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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. Ugo Orsul" <mrs.u.orsul@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 10:37:33 +0000
Subject: FUND.

Goodday my dear, I am Mrs. Ugo Orsul. i work in one of the prime bank
here in Burkina Faso, west Africa, i have a business which i will like
both of us to execute secretly and this is 100% free from risk and we
shall never regret doing this deal, i want you to apply to the bank
for the release of this fund that has been abandon for some years, the
owner of the account is dead and the decease is a foreigner from
Korea.

Can you handle this deal and invest this money? we can take out 20% to
help the poor one's, such as, helping the orphans, widow and build a
home for the orphanage' the amount value at $13,300,000.00 (Thirteen
Million Three Hundred Thousand United States American Dollars) and
still unclaimed. more details shall be sent to you if you are
interested, kindly contact me through my private email below.

E-mail: mrs.u.orsul@gmail.com

I expect your urgent communication.

Warmest Regards,
Mrs. Ugo Orsul
Email: mrs.u.orsul@gmail.com

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