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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: =?UTF-8?B?IuWwj+WnkCDotbfmupAi?=<kige032767@office365box.ga>
Reply-To: =?UTF-8?B?IuWwj+WnkCDotbfmupAi?=<kige032767@hotmail.com>
Date: 22 Nov 2019 17:45:40 -0800
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?5L2g5aW977yM6Kaq5oSb55qEIFtIaSBkZWFyXSBJVDkwRg==?=

[English version below]


你好親愛的，

我的名字是K Genzo小姐，我是一個18歲的女孩，我寫信給你是為了讓你知道我是一個孤兒，我是我父母唯一的孩子。我通過互聯網搜索從在線電子郵件數據庫目錄中搜索您的電子郵件地址，我想與您溝通我為了安全而重新安置到您所在國家/地區的興趣計劃。

我是華裔美國人。我的父親幾個月前因心髒病去世，我現在真誠地需要你的幫助，因為我的生命處於危險之中。我想與您討論並處理一項非常重要的業務。收到你的回復後，我會給你寫更多業務細節。

請立即回复我的個人電子郵件地址: kige032767@hotmail.com

我等你的下一個回复。

謝謝。

愛，
Genzo。
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Hello dear,

My Name is Miss Kira Genzo, I am a 18 years old girl, I am writing you to let you know that I'm an orphan, I am the only child of my parents. I search your email address from the online e-mail Database Directory through the Internet search, I would like to communicate with you about my interest plan in relocating to your country for my safety.

I am a Chinese American. My father has died of a heart attack months ago and I sincerely need your help now because my life is in Danger. I want to discuss and handle a very important business with you. I will write you more details of the business when I receive your reply.

Please reply immediately to my personal email address: kige032767@hotmail.com

I wait for your next reply.

Thank you.

Love,
Genzo.
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