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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: homey2020@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2020 07:25:51 +0000
Subject: Invite

Party Invite

To fill it out, visit:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf8B_AEkqb9m4Y-iF1gkfACzCdIDh0hRJXKJWJbyfYeXBwNvQ/viewform?vc
I am Ahmet Aksoy, a Bank Officer herein
a Bank in Turkey. I believe it is the wish of God for me to come across
you now. I have an important business discussion I wish to share with
you, which I believe will interest you because it is in connection and
you are going to benefit from it.

A citizen of Italy who died with his entire family of covid 19 had a
fixed deposit with our bank, valued at (Eleven Million Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars). Sadly he and his son who was the next of
kin in the account has also died and you can read the full news through
the link below

https://nypost.com/2020/04/02/italian-family-of-four-killed-by-coronavirus-in-same-week/

It is better that we claim the money than allowing the Bank Directors
to take it, they are rich already. I am not a greedy person, so I am
suggesting we share the funds equally, 50/50% to both parties.
please reach me at ahmahmetaksoy@yandex.com

Best Regard

Ahmet Aksoy

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