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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: Atieno O <atienoodongo34@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 16:14:28 +0100
Subject:

Dear,

Sorry for the late reply, it was because of the quarell i told you i
had with my husband, he seized my laptop again, i managed to retrieve
it to send you this email, my correspondence might be slow sometimes
because i always hide to send emails because he is always monitoring
me, i viewed the documents you sent but the 2nd file did't download,
are you assuring me that once i pay the $8,850 dollars, the
compensation fund ATM card will be delivered to me at the hospital
address i gave you in Kenya? and i can be withdrawing cash from any
ATM with it? can i send money from the ATM to my bank account? can i
use the ATM card on POS machines and online shops? i want the agent to
wait for me at the hospital entrance and send me an sms that he is
there so i can meet him their, i don't want him to call my line or
enter the hospital because i don't want my husband to meet him, i hope
there won't be issues if i try to withdraw from an ATM? like i told
you previously, i'm a Singaporean married to a Kenyan, we have a
private hospital in Kenya and another hospital in Singapore, so i
travel to Singapore often, if i travel to Singapore can the ATM work
in Singapore? i was told the limit i can send from western union and
moneygram is $2000 dollars, send 3 more names so i can split the money
while sending.

If i pay the fee tomorrow can the agent leave Nigeria for Kenya the
next day with the ATM card? answer all these questions and reassure
me, once you reassure me and send additional names i will send the
money tomorrow.

Anticipating your reply,

Dr Stacy Atieno

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