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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: ANGEL ALANE <helerockf@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 21:13:40 +0200
Subject: ARE YOU CAPABLE (?) AND TRUSTWORTHY

Good Day; Dear Respectful One,

My Name is Miss. Angel Alane from France. Please go through below my
mail and see if you can Assist for Our mutual benefit, My Father was
doing a Cocoa and gold business Exporting in West Africa, Ghana,
Liberia, Guinee Mali and Mauritanie ETC, he was residing in lvory
coast doing his business until his death,

He died in motor accident one week after his trip from Liberia to
negotiate on a gold business he wanted to invest in, while my mother
was a victim of CORONAVIRUS that lead her to undesirable death,

Before the death of my late father he had an account with a bank in
lvory coast up to the sum of ( Ten Million U.S Dollars ) which he use
to run his business according to him.

so i solicit for your assistance as my late father foreign beneficiary
to enable the bank release the fund to you, If we happen to do this
together, before any thing is done with the total fund, I will give
you ( ONE MILLION U.S DOLLARS ) from the total fund as compensation
for your assistance, i look forward to hear from you for more details
if you are willing and Able to handle this transaction.

Best regards,
Miss. Angel Alane

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