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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: "Amina" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <myhandle3@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 17:23:19 -0700
Subject: esperando sua resposta

Saudações,
Proposta de investimento ,
Meu nome Mis.Amina Omar, filha única do falecido general Gamal al-Din Omar, ex-ministro da Defesa da República do Sudão que morreu em 25 de março de 2020, sei que esta mensagem chegará a você como uma base surpresa no fato de que nós não nos conhecemos, mas eu preciso do seu urgente
ajudar a transferir a quantia de US $ 3,7 milhões para o seu país em meu nome, o dinheiro é depositado em uma empresa de segurança privada em Londres. Como eu não tenho nenhum corpo para ajudar, quero que você receba o dinheiro em meu nome e depois que remessa, você terá uma parcela de 20% do dinheiro
Responda com urgência para obter mais detalhes em: importantin3@gmail.com
Cumprimentos
Amina
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Greetings,
Investment proposal ,
My name Mis.Amina Omar, the only daughter of late General Gamal al-Din Omar , former defense minister of Republic of Sudan who dead on 25 March 2020, I know this message will come to you as a surprise base on the fact that we don’t know each other but I need your urgent
help to transfer the sum of $3.7Million dollars to your country on my behalf,the money is deposited in a private security company in London , Since I do not have any body to help I want you to receive the money on my behalf and after tha shipment you will have a share of 20% of the money
Reply urgently for more details at : importantin3@gmail.com
Best Regards
Amina

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