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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: James Desmond <dgoma7000@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2022 05:35:12 -0500
Subject: The fund transfer has been completed.

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Hello my dear friend,

I hope you are well? You may not understand why I'm contacting you again
but if you do not remember me, you might have received an email from me in
the past about a multi-million-dollar business proposal which we never
concluded due to one reason or the other best known to you. Now I'm happy
to inform you that the fund transfer has been completed with the help of a
new partner in France who financed the transaction to a logical conclusion,
I have successfully transferred the fund to my new partner's account that
was capable of assisting me in this great venture. It's unfortunate the
project did not work out between you and I due to one reason or the other
but I did not forget the efforts you made to help on receiving the fund as
proposed to you.

Due to the efforts and trustworthiness you showed during the course of the
transaction I want to compensate you and show my gratitude to you with the
Sum of Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars. I have left
a (Certified Bank Draft) for you worth ($850,000.00). Kindly contact my
account officer through this email address (pat.heritagebk@mail2banker.com)
so that you can receive your Certified Bank Draft from her to enable you
cash your fund, my account officer's name is Mrs. Patricia Dennis.

At the moment, I'm away and very busy because of an investment project
which I'm having at hand with my new partner. I and my partner agreed to
compensate you so that you can rejoice too, so please we would like you to
accept the token with good faith as this is from the bottom of our hearts
and let me know once you cash the Check.

Yours sincerely,
James Desmond.

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