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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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Fraud email example:

From: p40717313@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2020 10:50:01 +0000
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU WITH THIS PROJECT

Untitled form

To fill it out, visit:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfw8AcQYD1TsSxZDHl-16JpLZMlDIozgdy7ZIHr4JAz_HWOKA/viewform?vc
Hello Dear,

Compliment of the day. My name is Miss. Anashe Mbali. I am a single girl of
21years old and an Orphan. My country is Zimbabwe but presently I am
residing in South Africa. I got your contact email on Internet while
searching for a trusted personality I can confide on. I am writing to seek
your kind assistance to stand as my foreign trustee and retrieve
$10,200,000.00 USD ( Ten Million Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars
) which I inherited from my late parents.

My Father before his death deposited the $10,200,000.00 USD with one of the
Leading Bank in ( USA ) United States of America with my name as the Next
of Kin, but under an agreement with TD Bank that the $10,200,000.00 should
not be release to me direct, unless I present a foreign trustee who will
lead me with the investment of the funds .

I am therefore soliciting for your kind and matured assistance to stand as
my foreign trustee and receive from TD BANK in USA the transfer of the
$10,200,000.00 USD into your account . I shall give you 40% of the
$10,200,000.00 at the completion of the transaction.

I want you to reply to this (email.anashembali7@gmail.com)only if you are
really willing to assist me with all your heart, so that I can tell you
more about myself and also full details on how to proceed .

Sincerely,
Miss. Anashe Mbali .

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