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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: Lambert Gwazo <lambertgwazo@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2019 05:19:27 -0700
Subject: Your Needed Compensation..

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund transferred to
a Swiss Account with the cooperation of a new partner from Venezuela who is
an international business man. Presently I'm in Venezuela for investment
projects with my own share of the total sum.Meanwhile, I did not forget
your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds
despite that it failed us some how. Now contact my secretary with this
information below:

Name: Mrs Hillary Uche
Email: mrs.hillaryuche@hotmail.com <ms.hillaryuche@hotmail.com>

Ask her to send you the total $920.000.00USD (NINE Hundred And Twenty
Thousand US Dollars only) which I kept for your compensation for all the
past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your
efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get in touched with my
secretary Mrs Hillary Uche and instruct her where to send the amount to
you. Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share
the joy after all the sufferings at that time. In the moment, I am very
busy here because of the investment projects which I and the new partner
are having at hand.

Finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to my secretary on your
behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with Mrs
Hillary Uche, and she will send the amount to you without any delay.

Best Regards,
Mr. Lambert Gwazo
Former Director Telex Wire (CBN).

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