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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: "Janice.Shelley Janice.Shelley" <Janice.Shelley@qatar.net.qa>
Reply-To: smithrickuba@vivaldi.net
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2021 22:26:11 -0700
Subject: I'm Ms Smith Richard




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The truth about your fund US$4,700,000,00 is

that you are going through wrong

directions,that is why it is impossible for

you to succeed in completing the process

after several payments, I will be very open

to tell you that all info you receive so far

was all lies and it is about extorting money

from you, and I will advise you to face the

reality.

if you are ready to face the reality and stop

wasting your time I will direct you to the

manager who will transfer your fund into your

account without stress.

I know that you will be surprise to receive

this massage but this is nothing but the

truth, it is a planned work with some of the

officials but the manager is not aware, after

all the evil they did to you they go to the

bank manager trying to have him transfer the

fund in a account claiming that is your order

but the manager refuse to accept the idea,

the manager said he want to talk to you

before he can release the fund, that is to

make sure that you authorize the transfer to

a different account.

I have the original bank manager contact info

and I want you to get in touch with him for

the transfer but before then you must not

disclose my info to anybody because this is

top secret, am very sure that the manager

will be happy to speak with you because he

want to make sure that your fund is not

transferred to some one / or probably wrong

information, and am sure that the account

they submitted to the manager on your behalf

is not the bank account you gave to them, so

you really need to do something fast to avoid

regret.

If only you will response back to me upon

receipt of this email notification and follow

my instruction, I will personally direct you

to the appointed paying Bank were you will be

paid instead of wasting your hard earned

money and time on these hoodlums, As it may

interest you to know all this money you have

been sending would have completed your

payment transmission before now if you had

contact the appointed paying Bank.

I shall be expecting to read from you only if

you needed my assistance on this matter.Email

me at: smithrickuba@vivaldi.net



Regards
Ms Smith Richard

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