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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 Gina Carpio <mrsginacarpio@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 17:57:05 +0000
Subject: Greetings Dear

Greetings Dear
My name is Mrs. Gina Carpio, I`m a Branch Manager of FIRST NATION BANK OF
CANADA. I am writing to solicit your assistance in the transfer of
US$14,500,000.00 Dollars.
This fund is the excess of what my branch in which I am the manager made as
profit last year (i.e. 2022 financial year). I have already submitted an
annual report for last December 24th to my head office in CANADA as I have
watched with keen interest as they will never know of this excess of the
fund.
I have since placed this amount of US$14,500,000.00 Dollars on an Escrow
Coded account without a beneficiary (Anonymous) to avoid trace.

As an officer of the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money
thus I am impelled to request for your assistance to receive this money
into your bank account on my behalf. I agree that 40% of this money will be
for you as a foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign
account, and 60% would be for me which you will hold for me until I join
you for a subsequent sharing and investment plan in your country. I do need
to stress that there is practically no risk involved in this.

Waiting to hear from you so that i will tell you what next.

Thanks

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