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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: "INFO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <manduesq58@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2021 13:01:43 -0700
Subject: INFO

Dear,
I apologize for sending an unexpected email to you. I am David Mandu, the personal Lawyer to late Mr. Luke, who bears the same surname with you. He lost his life in a car accident. He was a Gold merchant, and a national of your Country.
I seek your consent to present you to the bank here in Benin Republic, as a close relative of my Client so that the proceeds of his account valued at $2.5 Million can be paid to your account for our mutual benefit before they are confiscated by the bank. Let me have the following information for more details: your age, full name and address, telephone numbers, Profession and position.
Please keep it confidential.
Yours sincerely,
David Mandu Esq.

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