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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: "Ms. Hannah Elis." <mddbaaiib@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2022 07:09:56 +0100
Subject: Your Compensation Funds.


Dear Good Friend.

I am happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transferred under the cooperation of a new partner. I didn’t forget your
past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite
the fact that it failed us somehow. Now contact my secretary Thierry Taing.

Name: Thierry Taing.
Email: thierryhtaing@outlook.com

Get across to him so that he will guide you on how the sum of €2,525,000.00
{Two Million Five Hundred And Twenty Five Thousand Euros Only} will be sent
to you which I kept for your past efforts and attempts to assist me in this
matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and
get in touch with my secretary Thierry Taing and instruct him where the
paying bank will send the €2,525,000.00 to. Please do let me know
immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the
suffering at that time. Do send to Thierry Taing, your contact details.

Your Full Names…........
Your Address…...........
Cell Phone Number…......
Your Occupation.........
Your Age…...............

To enable him to submit your details to the paying bank for the release of
your compensation fund to your nominated bank account/Bank draft or they
can send to you an authorized bank ATM Card to your address for you to
withdraw the money from any bank ATM machine in your country.

In the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects which
me and the new partner are having at hand, finally, remember that I had
forwarded instruction to my secretary on your behalf, so feel free to get
in touch with Thierry Taing for him to notify the paying bank to send the
money to you without any delay.

Thanks and God bless you.
Ms. Hannah Elis.

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