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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: Lizana Murel <lizanamurel122@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 16:57:22 +0000
Subject: Pls,Signify your interest

My Dear Friend,
I saw your profile I decided to contact you for the first to and
discuss with you for a deal proposer that will benefit both us, And
you are the type of person I need in this plan with your profile and
your name inclouded the country you came from. and I believe that you
will be a good person,

As I told you before my name is Ms Lizana Murel from France, I am the
Branch Manager of our Bank for three years mission work from the
government. I write you this proposal in good faith, I am a lady of
peace and honest, and have sincere respect for human feelings and
opinions. I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit
you and I. As the Branch Manager of this Bank, it is my duty to send
in a financial report to my head office in the capital city, at the
end of each business year.

On the course of JANUARY, 2021 business report, I discovered that the
branch in which I am the Manager now in this program made
US$18.7Million Dollars (US$18.7Million) which my head office is not
aware of and will never be aware of. I have placed this funds on what
we call Escrow call account with no beneficiary. As an officer of this
bank I cannot be directly connected to this money, so my aim of
contacting you is to assist me receive this money in your bank account
and get 40% of the total funds as commission.It will be simply a
bank-to-bank transfer, and all I need from you is to stand claim as
the original depositor of these funds becuase its the same name from
your name and your country you from look alike. Who made the
deposit with my branch so that my head office can order the transfer
to your designated bank account under few working days.

If you accept to work with me I will appreciate it very much as you
are the first and the only person I am contacting for this
transaction.If you consider yourself to work with me kindly send your
response to my private email for security reason; l_murel@yahoo.com,
so that we can move over to the details.

Best Regards,
Lizana Murel

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