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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: "Mr .Ojo Dale." <mirkomaraschio@alice.it>
Reply-To: ojodale1979@citromail.hu
Date: Tue, 12 May 2020 21:46:03 +1000
Subject: Attn Dear Good Day,



Attn Dear

My name is Mr. Ojo Dale., I am from Republic of Benin in WA, I want to
inform you that I have concluded and won my case against my devilish
uncle who wanted to collect the assets and my inheritance funds my father
left for me, It is a really good news .

Now I am planning to come over to your country with some large sum of
money for an investment, However, I do not know any investor in your
country whom I may trust to handle the business for me as i am a
foreigner.Secondly, i am afraid of bringing in large amount of money to
your country,

I am in need of your response to this arrangement to enable me find out
the amount someone can bring into your country, but i am planning to bring
the sum of USD$3,900.000(Three million ,Nine hundred thousand US
Dollars)to your country purely for the investment,Confirm to me if this
amount will not attract a high task toll & also negotiate your commission
with me so we can kick start this business investment immediately,

Meanwhile i am making arrangement with a government recognized Diplomat
who will deliver this inheritance Funds to you in your country of
residence after hearing from you,Please contact me on this my email
address (ojodale1979@citromail.hu) for further details and the way forward
for this ourabout to be established investment project,

Sir kindly confirm this below information's to me so that the diplomat
will reach you as soon as he arrives your country for the delivery of this
investment funds to you & that is after hearing from you soonest,Could you
please indicate your interest to work with me for this purpose & get back
to me as soon as possible.

cONFIRM YOUR DETAILS INFO
Name.......................... ..
Address....................... ..
Mobile .........................
Nationality................... ..
Occupations................... ..
A copy of driver license........


Waiting for your quick mail soon as possible , together with your details
info.

Thank you for your kind understanding & co-operation

Regards

Mr .Ojo Dale.



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