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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 Salimata Yantoa <amrjohnson992@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrssalimatayanto958@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:05:06 +0000
Subject: Attention Please

Dear sir/madam
madam
Mrs Salimata Yanto, I have decided to seek confidential coopration
with you for the execution of the deal described here under for our
mutual benefit. I Hope you will keep it a secret due to the nature of
the transaction. Dring the course of our audit last month, I
diovered an unclaimed/abandoned fund totaling US$3.5 Million in a
bank account that belongs to a customer who unfortunately lost his
life and entire family in a car accident.

Now our bank has been waiting for any of the relatives to come-up for
the claim but nobody has done that. I personally has been unsucessful
in locing any of the relatives, now, I sincerely seek your consent
to present you as the next of kin / Will Beneficiary to the deceased
so that the proceeds of this account valued at (US$3.5 Million United
State Dollars) can be paid to you, which we will share in these
percentages ratio, 60% to me and 40% to you. All I request is your
utmost sincere co-operation; trust and maximum confidentiality to
achieve this project sucessfully. I have carefully mapped out the
moralities for execution of this transaction under a legiimate to
protect you from any breach of the law both in your arrangement
country and here in my country when the fund is being transferred to
your bank account.

I will have to provide the entire relevant document that will be
requested to indicate that you are the rightful beneficiary of this
legacy and our bank will release the fund to you without any furthr
delay, upon your consideration and acceptance of this offer, pleas
send me the following information as stated below so we can proceed
nd get this fund transferred to your designated bank account
immediately. I know much about the existence of this fund and the
secrets surrounding this money.

(1)Your Full Name:
(2)You’re Contact Address:
(3)Your direct Mobile telephone Number:
(4)You’re Date of Birth:
(5)Your occupation:

I await your swift response and re-assurance so we commence this
transaction immediately.
Best regards.
Mrs Salimata Yantoa

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