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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: "Waniose" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <tonammethg@qq.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2020 18:58:52 +0800
Subject: Goodday?

Hello,

Goodday friend my name is Tiolu Waniose from Togo a Lawyer by profession I am a Lawyer to late Mr. Steven a citizen of your country who died in an accident with his family, I contacted you because you are bearing the surname name with him in other to claim his money worth of US$8.2 Million with the bank here. Kindly reply me through my email address ( tonethg457@gmail.com ) for details.
Regards,
Tiolu Waniose.

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