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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: Anung Prabawa <sitholedixter@gmail.com>
Reply-To: n09987656@citromail.hu
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 19:27:07 -0600
Subject: Good day,


Good day,

I found your email during my online search for a trustee who will partner
with me to move outstanding funds, so I decided to contact you but my
intentions weren't disclosed to anyone else due to the sensitive nature of
the deal.

Your email was among others I saw, but I became more zealous to contact
only you to solicit for assistance and guidance in making business
investment and moving the £4.2 Million GBP into your bank account. I am a
citizen of Indonesia, working with Exxon Mobil Corporation London, as an
expatriate. I must plead for your confidence in this transaction as I am a
highly placed man in the Engineering Unit. I need you as a silent foreign
partner whose identity I can use as one our site contractors to transfer
the above mentioned amount.

At this moment I am constrained to issue detailed information about this
profitable venture until I get your response by email. Please,take out a
moment of your busy schedule to study this letter and respond urgently for
more details as I will be extremely happy to partner with you and actualize
my investment dream.

The funds are accrued legitimately to my unit as commission from foreign
contracts, through our private connections. The funds are presently waiting
to be remitted from our operational Bank. As you know, I'm still in active
service and are not allowed by the civil service code of conduct in the
United Kingdom, to own or operate a bank account outside this country. On
the other hand, it is unsafe to keep the fund floating here due to unstable
political policies. As a matter of fact I have been looking for an
overseas silent partner who will work with me to facilitate transfer of the
funds for mutual benefits as my objective is to invest the fund in a
foreign country and it would be appreciated if you help me to receive the
fund.

Although the transaction is discreet, the funds will be transferred
successfully into your account with necessary official documents showing
the legitimate source/origin of the fund. The transfer will be effected
within a period not longer than one and half week as soon as I receive a
suitable response indicating your interest for the proposed investment. I
plead with you on one issue, whether you are interested or not, kindly
don't expose this information to anyone. I confirm that the transaction is
legitimate and without any risk either to me or yourself.

Thanks, as I await your swift response via this email:
n09987656@citromail.hu

Kind regards,
Mr. Anung Prabawa

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