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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: Mrs Jane Eeva Banat <greavemrsmaureena@gmail.com>
Reply-To: janebanatmandy0@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2023 12:33:25 -0800
Subject: MAY GOD BLESS YOU,

Hello Dear,

I am Jane Eeva Banat a Widow and Cancer patient from Australia but
based in Finland now, I want you to assist me so that SB.BANK of
Finland will release my Late husband Mr. Ali Banat 51,000,000.00USD
in their bank to you because this fund is Charity. You are going to
use 21,000,000.00 for Charity and 20,000,000.00 for you and
10,000,000.00 for me,and the reason why I contacted you is because I
am very sick and I can't be able to handle this myself. So get back to
me if only you can handle this transaction,and I also
need your honesty.

Mrs.Jane Eeva Banat ,

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