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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. Katie Richard" <katj.9005@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 14:29:27 +0100
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?7Yis7J6QIOyekOq4iCAvIElOVkVTVE1FTlQgRlVORA==?=

인사말

친애하는,

고려한 후 글을 쓰게 되어 기쁩니다. 제 이름은 Ms Katie Richard입니다. 국제 거래에 도움을 요청합니다. 신탁이 있는
귀하의 협회에 총액 미화 8달러를 투자하도록 요청하고 싶습니다. 거기에 수백만 달러의 부동산이 있습니다. 저를 대신해 자금을 받을
외국인 수탁자를 찾으라고 은행장님께서 조언해 주셨기에 많은 도움이 되었으면 하는 마음에 연락드립니다.

개인적으로 귀하의 의견을 듣는 즉시 은행 관리에게 자금을 귀하의 은행 계좌로 이체하도록 지시할 것입니다.

귀하의 의견을 기다립니다.

친절한 안부

케이티 리차드 부인

Greetings

Dearest,

It is my pleasure to write to you after considering it. My name is Ms Katie
Richard.
I request your help for an international transaction. I want to request
your association
with a trust to invest a total sum of US$8. millions dollars in real estate
there.
I contact you in the hope that you will be of great help, as the bank
manager advised
me to find a foreign trustee that will receive the fund on my behalf.

As soon as I hear from you, I will direct the bank officials to transfer
the fund to
your bank account.

I look forward to your comments.

Kind regards

Mrs Katie Richard

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