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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: Diplomat Edward Igala <ucdiplomaticagent@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2020 00:21:49 +0100
Subject: RE, Hello my good friend,

Hello my good friend,

I am Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, I would like to seek for
your assistance towards fund belonging to a deceased client of mine
who shares the same last name with you because the custodian financial
institution is at the verge of confiscating his deposit worth
$10.50,000.00 if I do not present any next of kin in the next 21
working days therefore I will appreciate your immediate response.

He died in plane crash that happened in Ethiopian Airline. Ethiopian
Airlines Flight 302 was a scheduled international passenger flight
from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport in Ethiopia to Jomo
Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya. Wikipedia

IATA flight No: ET302
ICAO flight No: ETH302
Location: Bishoftu, Ethiopia
Date: March 10, 2019
Number of deaths: 157
Registration: ET-AVJ

Am looking forward to your urgent reply therefore Kindly get back to
me immediately you receive this message so that to enable me send all
necessary legal documents that can be used to back up the fund.
CONTACT EMAIL:{georginatheodorawood547@gmail.com}

Best Regards

Georgina Theodora Wood.
Chief Justice of Ghana

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