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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: "AFEKURU" <afeks324@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 20 10:19:40 GMT
Subject: PLEASE HELP ME.


Dear Sir/ madam,

Greetings to you.

My names are:

SURNAME: AFEKURU
GIVEN NAMES: ANIMU RISASI.
NATIONALITY: UGANDAN

I am a Ugandan national and a student living in republic of the Gambia. I
got your contact details from the embassy here in the Gambia.

My father was a businessman an oil merchant and a foreign
oil exporter but he died last year in auto accident on his way to the
office and I am the only child and a daughter. After the death of my
father, I went through his office files and on the process, I
discovered a document confirming deposit of ($36,000,000.00) thirty
six million united states dollars which he packed into trunk boxes and
deposited in a security company and on the document, I was
named the next of kin.

My reason to contact you is because that I need your help to assist
me to move the ($36,000,000.00) out of the Gambia to a
safer country for investment? I am
willing to offer you a big share in appreciation if you can assist me?

Please see the attached file, it is copy of my international passport.

I hope and wait to hear from you soon. Please contact me on my private and
secure emails address is: afekuruanimu@gmail.com

Sincerely,
AFEKURU ANIMU RISASI.

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