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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: Alexandre Kossi <antony@pioneercon.com>
Reply-To: Alexandre Kossi <alexandrekossi@utdbq.com>
Date: 10 Feb 2021 04:05:41 +0200
Subject: Kindly Disregard Mail if you are not interested

Good Day,

No doubt, this may come as a surprise to you but I will appreciate, if you will permit me to inform you of my desire. I am a banker in one of the banks in Lome Togo and I repose my trust in you for our mutual benefit.

I need your urgent assistance to secure a large sum of money left in our bank by a deceased customer who died along with his supposed next of kin few years ago. However, with your consent, further details and procedures of this mutual transaction will be forwarded to you.

Please disregard this mail if you are not interested.

Thanks
Remain bless with family

Alex K

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