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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: Vida Kuzman <vidakuzman80@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 11:50:01 +0000
Subject: EXTERNAL : HELLO!


I am Mrs. Vida Kuzman, From United States living in Côte D'Ivoire, also I
am a widow without a child.
I have a terminal illness and my doctor said I have a few months left.
I inherited the sum of ($2,500,000.00) from my late husband and I want you
to claim this fund from the bank and donate 70% of it to charity
organization, this is a vow I made before God.

The remaining 30% should be yours for your efforts as the new beneficiary.
Please if you would be able to use these funds for humanitarian work kindly
reply to me.
Let me know if you are interested so that I will give you the full details
of the fund.

Regards
Mrs. Vida Kuzman,

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