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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: Mr Leo Mandin <awk@convertarget.com>
Reply-To: Mr Leo Mandin <coastalcare176@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 22:21:20 +0100
Subject: One Message To mamanona402@yahoo.com

Greetings,

I know that this message might be surprising to you, I work with a lotto company, my job is to supply all the retailer’s stores lottery tickets , my contract with them is a 4 year contract which will finish in 8 weeks. I want both of us to work together as partners in good faith. if you are interested to have a good relationship with me, both of us will smile for the rest of our life,

I want to introduce you to a lottery game in the company that i work with and which both of us will benefit and smile, this is a guarantee winning game but we will share 50/50 % of the total winning, after the winning funds transfer to you, I will fly to meet up with you as both of us agreed on non-disclosure of this arrangement to anybody whosoever till we achieve this golden opportunity. If you are interested I will send you our official website and the winning number, so that you will fill out the form and submit to enable you to win the fund.

i have introduce someone to play sure number before, after he won millions of United states dollars last 2 years in 2021, He disappointed me, so if you can be sincere with me and promise to me that you will not sit on my share after you have win the fund because i am going to guide you properly to ensure that this opportunity is achievable soonest you follow my directives accordingly for our both interest.

Looking forward to hearing from you.


Mr Leo Mandin
Player Care
CEO & Co-Claim department

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