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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" <udisaf7@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mrs.u.orsul@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 11:08:03 GMT
Subject: FUND.

Good day my dear.

I am very sorry for the inconveniences, please allow me to introduce myself and the business i need you to participate, 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 abandoned 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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