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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: "Mrs. Helen CooK" <indonesiabankrakyat101@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrshelencook44@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2021 04:15:24 -0800
Subject: Dear Customer,

Dear Customer,

We sincerely apologize for the delay in transferring your Funds.Our
head office here in Geneva was blazed down by fire Inferno.
And as a result of that, we lost so much customer data, contact
information, Phone numbers and email. We are so fortunate to see your email
address now and decide to email you.

However, as we agreed before the Incidence, we will be transferring your
Funds into Two stages, in one stage, we will transfer 3.500.000.00 USD, and
after that, we will transfer the rest of 2,000 000 USD due to the
government limit policy .


Also, bear in Mind, if you do not want the fund transfer by Bank wire,
you can as well apply for Issuance of ATM card with your Pin access.
Do not waste further time in contacting the accounting Officer in his
private email( raymondcosh230@gmail.com ) His name is Raymond Cosh.
Contact Him now for directives on how to receive your Funds.
Thank you
Vincent Taluci
DG

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