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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: "Soroka D Billy "<info1@alessioguarnieri.com>
Reply-To: info1101done1@gmail.com
Date: 05 Sep 2022 03:41:50 -0700
Subject: Re: Good NEWS ALL VICTIMS ...10

Hello my dear Friend,

Yes”, we may not know each other, but I think you need the truth
to protect you from being defrauded, therefore, this massage will
be of a great help to many of us that has been feeding scammers
in one way or the other thinking they were dealing with the right
person or office,

I am Soroka Denise, from North Carolina USA, I was among the
Victims by some individuals who claimed to be a legal appointed
officers in Africa but they refused to pay me, I have tried in
different ways to get my payment but all to know avail, I lost my
life savings over $72,000 to different FAKE groups that claimed
to work in Banks like CBN Bank, Zenith Bank, UBA BANK, FIRST BANK
and so many others that I don’t remember thinking they were
helping me, but rather, they were busy defrauding my hard earned
money, I am sorry telling my past, but I had to say it because
this massage will save many people out there, and I wouldn't want
anybody to experience what I went through in the hands of those
crooks, I lost all my friends because I refused to listen to
their advice, honestly I thought I was on the right part without
knowing they were taking advantage of me,

But the good news is that, few weeks ago, I received a mail from
a Woman from state of Arizona advising me to contact one
Mrs/Barrister in Nigeria to claim my lost fund if I have not
gotten mine, honestly I thought it was another trick to scam me,
but I latter decided to give it a try by contacting the barrister
on the email address I saw on the mail, And to my greatest
surprise it happened to be 100% truth, before now, I promised
myself never to share this message until I receive my fund and be
convinced before letting people know, and Today I am now writing
with joy to advise us all to STOP dealing with those fake people
out there and contact this barrister on the email below if you
haven’t claimed yours,

I know you may be wondering how I got my fund without paying a $
Cent, “YES”, the only money I paid was $480 and it was used to
obtained a fund permit certificate in my name which I have the
copy with me, my advice to you is to STOP dealing with wrong
people and contact this barrister to claim your fund, her email
address is (elected2016barr@gmail.com), I am a living testimony.

Yours Sincerely

Soroka Denise

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