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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: Nguyen Dieu <camachomatteo06@gmail.com>
Reply-To: nguyendieupham2@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2023 17:24:22 +0100
Subject: Hello Dear Sir / madam,

I am Mrs. Nguyen Dieu, working as an Audit Manager in Vietnam
International Bank. I contacted you for a reason. A citizen of your Country
that has the same name as yours had a fixed deposit with my bank, valued
at US$420,000.00. The due date for this deposit was last year. Sadly he
was among the death victims in the May 11, 2014, fatal accident in Vietnam
involving seven vehicles along Hanoi city road where seventeen people were
killed on the spot.

I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of his
relatives without any success so I decided to track any of his relatives
through the last name over the Email/Facebook.. I have been mandated by my
bank management to provide the next of kin to his account. If I don't get
any of his relatives in 29 days the account balance of $420,000.00 will be
returned to the government treasury.

Since you have the same surname as the late account holder, I cannot find
any of his relatives. I now seek your consent to present you as the next of
kin to the late account holder. You and I will share the money 50/50 after
the money is transferred to you. I think this is a fair decision instead of
the Vietnam government taking the money.


I was his personal accountant before he died. I have all the vital
information for us to claim the money without any problem .I only worry
about your ability to keep this transaction secret to protect my job
.Please, do treat this information as confidential. If you are interested,
write to me then I will tell you what we need to do to claim the money
within 2 weeks.

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