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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: naomi gagnon <naomi.gagon@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 14:27:36 +0100
Subject: Hello, Greetings to You

Hello Dear

Greetings to you my dear, I know that this message will come to you as a
surprise,please permit me to introduce myself to you, I'm Miss Naomi Gagnon
only daughter of late Dr.fabrice Gagnon

As I am writing you and recently My Beloved Dad was assassinated through
the hand evil politicians who accused my father of supporting the past
president of our country Laurent Gbagbo who has been in prison in Holland
but now release and exil in Belgium right now and since then the supporters
of the present government are seeking a way to eliminate my life after
assassinating my father and my mother and by the grace of God I except from
the hand of the rebels and ran to hide in Capital city of our country
Abidjan IVORY COAST for security of my life.

My father left a big amount of money with the bank USD4.5 MILLION US
DOLLARS, and I don't know about this, it was on the 10th of October last
year that our family lawyer kindly hand over to me the documents covering
the deposit and the WILL my father wrote and the instruction on how I will
utilize the money, Meanwhile I don't know what actually what to do with
this money because of shattered brain and life line, that is why I
contacted you so that you can help me and also help or give me suggestion
how I will handle the inheritance and also help me to transfer this fund to
your account over in your country for security of my life and the fund for
investment because right here i am scared of my life due to the threat by
the supporters of the present government

My dear after the conclusion of the transfer of the money to your account I
will come over to your country to have peace and security and also to
continue my education while you will search for a good business investment
to invest the money,

Please it is a long story that if I start to narrate them now, you will be
start shedding tears over there, but I will give you more details in your
next mail but kindly bear in mind that I need you to help me out of this my
bad condition and help transfer this money to your account and assist me
come over there for security of my life and the fund and start a new life
with you.

I am anxiously waiting for your kind response

Thanks once again and please extend my greeting to your family.

Yours Sincerely

Miss Naomi Gagnon

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