419 scam: Lil Hilal <dossorapboy2017@gmail.com> Good afternoon,

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Lil Hilal <dossorapboy2017@gmail.com>
Reply-To: provefirm76@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 10:20:59 +0200
Subject: Good afternoon,

*Good afternoon,My name is Mrs. Lil Hilal (Advocate) I wrote to you earlier
but you did not respond. I need your assistance in retrieving my late
client's funds worth ($8,500.000 U.S.) Deposited with a bank here in my
country. Note that your surname is similar to my late client's family
Surname name and that was the reason why I have contacted you to assist me
to retrieve the unclaimed funds because the bank has issued me an official
mandate to submit the beneficiary's name to them for claim of the deposited
($8,500.000 U.S.) by my late client in their bank or the bank will
confiscate and close the account if no response.If you are interested in
more information regarding this mutual profit transaction, kindly get back
to me urgently. Our sharing ratio stands 50%-50%. You will have the share
of $4,250,000 Dollars as your 50% share of the money.Send your information
to me urgently.1) Full name----------------------2) Mobile
number-----------------Regards.Mrs. Lil Hilal. *

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