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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 Tracy Whitwell <baritaylor4@gmail.com>
Reply-To: willj_108d@rediffmail.com
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2021 13:35:15 +0000
Subject: Dear Friend

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Dear Friend


My name is Mrs.Tracy Whietwell a citizen of South Africa, Maybe you
have forgotten about me because it has been long when You are my
formal business transaction partner for my late Husband funds that i
want to transfer to your bank account in the past but it was
unsuccessful then.Therefore i later found another partner in the same
country of yours which i was successful transferred the funds into his
bank account and i am happy that it is successful and i am in China
and i and my partner are traveling to panama-Republic of Panama to
enjoy our lives.

Meanwhile I didn't forget your past efforts and zeal to assist me at
that time. Personally I love being transparent and i decided to
compensate you with something which i bought some gift for you and
they are listed: Four(4) iPhone 11 pro max/ Four(4) Apple Laptops and
Four(4) Gold wrist watch with Five Hundred Thousand Us
Dollars($980,000.00 USD) packaged together with the items mentioned
above,Please i want you to bear it in mind that i didn't let the US
Special Delivery LLC know that there are funds inside the package and
i did it because i want to compensate you to show appreciation for
your pass effort.

Therefore I have registered the package with the US Special Delivery
LLC and you are to contact them with the below details and also you
will contact them with the Items Order Number: 0097775043 for
identification of the package.

Company Name: US Special Delivery LLC
Contact Name:James William
Telephone: +1 (818) 732-0341 SMS OR WHATsupp only
Email: citidepartment12@consultant.com

Please make sure that you contact the above company with your delivery
details such as your full name/ Home address and your phone number and
please do not disclose the content of the package to them.

Sincerely,
Mrs Tracy Whitewell.
You can reach me with my private email address: apexdept.ly01@gmail.com.

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