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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: Miss Angela Bakary <frank-weber-bau@t-online.de>
Reply-To: "rtconsultant39@gmail.com" <rtconsultant39@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2020 07:45:53 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Urgent Investment Assistant


My Dear,
Compliment of the day to you and all the members of your family. Permit me to introduce myself as Miss Angela Bakary from Ivory Coast West Africa.

Dear I have some funds that can be put into investment in your country and I want you to set up an investment for me as i inherited this amount of money value of $8.5 Million from my father who has died, but before his death he let me know that he have this amount of money in a bank deposited in my name and my mother has died when i was a baby

If you are interested to assist me, please respond for more details.

Yours Faithfully
Miss Angela Bakary


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