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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. Ursula Zachary" <tatahualpa@eaav.gov.co>
Reply-To: cumms.dan2000@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 09:46:49 -0500 (COT)
Subject: Re: Hello


Hello,I am Mrs Ursula Zachary, I am a Cambodian American citizen, wife of late Mr.John Zachary , My husband worked with the Brunei Shell Petroleum Co Sdn Bhd (BSP) for twenty years and worked at Istanbul Turkey as a contractor before he died 2010.We were married for 40 years without a child. My Husband died after a brief illness that lasted for only two weeks.I am old now,since his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home. When my late husband was alive we deposited the sum of $5,800,000.00 with a Bank in Turkey.Presently, I have willed out almost half of our assets to several charity homes and to some of the less privileged in different countries. Despite the agreement between my late husband and I to give aid to the deprived, we also agreed to render support to an individual we have not meet before in life due to the fact when we were still young in life we receive an anonymous help from an individual we did not know and which we have not being able to know till date, the impact we got from such gesture made us to do same. I have presently deposited a Cheque in the sum of $5,800,000.00 United States Dollars with ING Bank N.V to transfer to you, what you have to do now is to contact ING Bank N.V as soon as possible to know when they will transfer your money to you because of the expiring date.I only made the deposit with your EMAIL ADDRESS and DEPOSIT CODE(20357478492) because I do not know the name and the account number you would want to receive the money with. I couldn't find them on net while browsing your profile if not I would have given it to the BANK for immediate transfer. For your information, I have paid All the Insurance Premium and Wire transfer Fee of the cash showing that it is not a Drug Money or meant to sponsor Terrorism in your Country. You have to contact the Bank now for the transfer of the cheque with this information below;
Bank Name: ING Bank N.V
Contact Person: Dr. Mirac Arslan
Tel: +905353854695
Email: info@ingbankturkey.netYou are to reconfirm to the bank your deposit code below to avoid any mistake in transfer. Here is the DEPOSIT CODE (20357478492) of the draft, you are to also present it to them for verification before transfer. Note: Please I do not want you to thank me or my husband all I need you to do is to invest wisely with it and do the same good to someone’s life someday as this is the only way this world would be a better community if we render selfless services to one another.Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Ursula Zachary

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