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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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Fraud email example:

From: infounitybank@cc.org
Reply-To: Andrelesliecloete1@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2022 11:08:46 -0800
Subject: Re:Ukraine-invasion

I present myself as Mr.Andre Leslie Cloete; a South Africa citizen residing in Cape Town,South Africa. A director in the Account Management department, who oversees the bank's financial network.I am seeking your consent to present you as the next of kin of my late client.As such, The proceeds of the account can be paid to you as soon as you contact my bank and apply for the funds to be released to you as the next of kin.

I'm asking for your permission to present you at our bank, as my customer manager * Frau Surti Dahlia *, a Ukriane Farmer/businesswoman and widow from the Netherlands, who lives in Ukriane died in Russia attacks on multiple fronts across the country

So we can transfer the eight million five hundred thousand Dollar
Please contact me, we can legally shift this amount if interested.
Thank you very much

Best regards
Mr. Andre Leslie Cloete
(Director) Institute for International Systems.
Accounting,Monitoring of financial networks,
+27651141331

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