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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: Info@private.com
Reply-To: info@recoveryunlimitedaz.org
Date: 30 May 2022 19:08:48 +0200
Subject: FROM AMBERLY ROSE


My dear,

Important Information

How are you doing? I am contacting you for a business investment
partnership because of our situation in Ukraine right now. I am
My dear,

Important Information

How are you doing? I am contacting you for a business investment
partnership because of our situation in Ukraine right now. I am
Rose Amberly and I work with Ukreximbank.

Because of the attack from President Putin, which has put our
country into uncertainty, created panic within the region and has
claimed the life of one of my clients, who before his death
deposited the sum of US$10,500,000.00. Now that he is dead, we
would like to invest the funds under your care for a period of
five -to seven years for his 3years old only surviving daughter.
However, we have secured the little girl a passage to Poland for
safety.

Am contacting you so that you can help the little girl invest her
funds in your country, where 20% will first be given to you to
cover the tax and other logistics in your country, and the
remaining 80% will be shared equally 50/50 between you and his
daughter.

Please, contact me back for further details, and please you have
to keep this to yourself and almost private.

Regards, and I work with Ukreximbank.

Because of the attack from President Putin, which has put our
country into uncertainty, created panic within the region and has
claimed the life of one of my clients, who before his death
deposited the sum of US$10,500,000.00. Now that he is dead, we
would like to invest the funds under your care for a period of
five -to seven years for his 3years old only surviving daughter.
However, we have secured the little girl a passage to Poland for
safety.

Am contacting you so that you can help the little girl invest her
funds in your country, where 20% will first be given to you to
cover the tax and other logistics in your country, and the
remaining 80% will be shared equally 50/50 between you and his
daughter.

Please, contact me back for further details, and please you have
to keep this to yourself and almost private.

Regards,
Rose Amberly

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