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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Hellen Coe" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrshellencoe@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 01:53:45 -0700
Subject: REPLY URGENTLY PLEASE.

Attn: Please,
 
 
Pardon me for not having the pleasure of knowing your mindset before making you this offer and it is utterly confidential and genuine by virtue of its nature. I write to solicit your cooperation in allowing this sum US$20M be received into your account for our mutual interest.
 
Am aware that Insincere people has ruined the chances of real business transactions for real people since the introduction of internet which gives access to both common and uncommon people in the world. This has established so much doubt and distrust among business men and women in the world of today whereby no one can easily trust and believe each other again as a matter of fact.
 
Meanwhile, am making this offer to you hoping that you will be able to reason like me to handle it amicably for our own best interest. My name is Mrs,Hellen Coe, a Ghanaian citizen, a delegate of the world Bank Group and an Auditor to the most African Apex Banks.
 
In 2017,Ten Man Committee was assigned by the world Bank for African Banks Audits which i was the chairman and during and after, we recovered a lot of funds which we finally sent off the end of the year report to the World Bank but before that, we were able to stashed out $20M before submitting our report to the World Bank.
 
Since then,this fund has being deposited into a non investment account with one of the Banks here without a beneficiary, waiting for this time that the UBA is having their International pay out bills. And I seek your partnership to humbly and sincerely work with me have this fund received into your account which i will front you as the true beneficiary of this fund.
 
I will guide you on the way success as soon as i have your good interest in this business.
 
Thanks,
Mrs.Hellen Coe.

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