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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: mary akinbo <mmaryakinbo@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mary.akinbo@yandex.com
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2020 09:19:08 -0700
Subject: THIS IS ONLY WAY FOR YOU IS A GOODNEWS

Dear Fund Beneficiary,
I was posted here few month ago, I only have two years more I do not know
how you will take this letter but i am doing this

based on my Christian faith and what tomorrow will be.I am (Mrs) Mary
Akinbo,the (Office Assistant to the Telex Department to the key Bank
Manager.I am not telling you this to impress you or to gain favor from
you,rather i am doing this to save you from further damage and pains and
upon all you have being passing through in regards to yo your funds.I have
done this to three peoples already,though they betrayed me at the end is
only one lady show appreciation for buying car for me. Reasons why I used
Private mail is because is secret me and you, I don't want the bank staffs
and the bank Manager to know or Government to about this, is secret okay,

Your account was blocked from my wick bank and government because they are
using some of your funds to give out loan and do their own Business every
month they do get profit from your funds. I look at this it pains me that
is reason why i decided to contact you secret if you like to co-operate
with me and following my instruction,I have secret lo-gin and open
account and removed some funds and loaded your funds into the software
flash diskette payment this should be part of your funds inside the flash
diskette. If you are interested do let me know for more information from
me. secret is the key of this payment and programmed it with the software
flash diskette with full codes information's of the bank.Before I
proceed,you must promise me first that nobody will know of this and after
you are satisfied with my job,you can help me in whatever way your spirit
directs you for my share.

This is very secret ,I overheard the bank officials here saying that they
will make you tired and abandoned your Inheritance funds for them to divert
to joint account using part of it doing there own business.Please do not
pay anything to them again regarding the release of your fund because the
President and the members of his Federal Executive Council and United
Nations and america president have endorsed all your funds clearance
documentation and your account is already activated which you can access at
any time. through your computer with the software flash diskette online
which I will send to you by rider courier with all the transfer codes
transfer information's and Manuel Directions.

It is just that some of our bank executives are very greedy and they have
created avenues to steal your money even when they know that the situation
is very critical. Myself will assist you only if you can agree with my
instructions and The proposal is that you should not allow anybody know of
this as that will land us into serious trouble and may even take our
lives.Now I have perfectly pulled out the Computer software flash-
Diskette Gazette that contains your payment information

with the access codes transfer and how you can log in and transfer the
money from bank account to your bank account online through your computer
or rep-top or through your phone.
I will send it to you immediately.PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE our job is on the
line.I am only 36 years married with 2 kids and I don't want to ruin my
future or die at this early age. I do not make calls on transactions like
this due to the sensitive nature of this transaction and my position with
the bank. Everything should be my private email for now.

If this arrangement is OK by you please reply now and I will send the flash
diskette to you through AGENT Courier and all these nonsense will stop and
you will be happily transfer your fund into your account by yourself which
I shall give you more direction booklet Manuel how you will log in with the
user name and password and codes through your computer and start

transferring your money with your computer is very easy. and noted the
bank will not know about it and government.as soon you made all the
transfers bit by bit to all your accounts, I will delete all the
information from their system here so nobody will find out.


I can't not do the transfer here because of the secret and I.P diction, If
I do i here they will find out and block your funds which I don't want it
to happen to you, you will do it by yourself because transfer Manual and
the direction booklet and the codes AND PIN will be coming with the parcel
Courier I will package it secretly so that my airport customs agent will
not know the contents. I will declare it AS A PERSONAL GIFT TO YOU,Only
what we need to comply with meivate the diskette software buy three
itune cards numbers or ebey card number for me to use activate the
diskette software and that is all. I needed from you here activation and
procure all the codes and make it legal back up all I will do before
shipping to you to start your online flash diskette transfer.

as soon as you put in the software flash diskette into your computer the
website window page will open and you will log in your user name and your
password everything has been programmed secret by me.

THE USER NAME AND PASSWORD IS USER NAME IS - (KEYBANK400) AND
PASSWORDS is- (DGY@45G) to you all will be into the package, do confirm
your address and your phone number and your I.d card. secret we do OK. no
authority will know about this.

the transfer start bit by bit transfer from $800,000 .00 dollars per day,
your funds was programmed online with the flash diskette is Seven Million
Dollars only EVERYTHING IS LOADED WITH ALL THE CODES TRANSFER FOR YOU, my
share will be give to me after all transfer into your account.do send your
full name and full address and phone number with cost rider delivering
and I have find out the best rider agent that will help delivery this
software flash diskette payment to your address see below options the
prices
noted you will paid the sending of your software flash diskette package,
because this has cost me much procuring codes and pin you did not procure
and back up legal paper, if you are interested get back with your full
information's address and acts on my instructions, if you are ready get
back, Noted this i will never disclose the contains with anybody both the
rider

officer delivery, i will tell him is a personal gift to you, this to avoid
open or scan and expose so keep secret until you have it, see the below
options rider delivering, because no time to waste i want this ship to
you this week, because directions of the bank checks file every weekend. I
want your package to move before this weekend so they will notice it.
this is the only way out if you miss this opportunity 100 years to come
you will not see this opportunity again. do not have double mind do not
think is scam i know that there is scam, trust me with this it will work
for you as it work for that lady and my messages is not story is reality,
I am going to send the parcel to you through the means of ''Rider Courier
Services'', and to avoid much delay!! You have to send your home address
and telephone number where the Delivery Company will deliver your package
to, meanwhile you can buy itune card or steam wallet gift cards to use to
activate the diskette software it will be easy for you to do faster
transfer to your local account noted what i needed the cards for is to use
the numbers code inside the cards to activate your skette payment software,

I will take care of the shipment to your home,

This is only my secret private email reply here mmaryakinbo@gmail.com

Regards.

(Mrs) Mary Akinbo
(Office Assistant to the Telex Department to the key Bank Manager)

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