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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: "Miss. Angela" <steangela91@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 10:53:34 +0000
Subject: DEAREST, YOUR POSITIVE REPLY IS URGENTLY NEEDED.

Hello Dearest

Kindly allow me to introduce myself briefly to you
I am Miss Angela Stewart, 21 years old girl, the only daughter of late
Chief Mrs,Stewart Bamar. My father was a wealthy Gold merchant in our
country, but he assassinated in cold blood by group of Islamic
fundamentalist group terrorizing our country for some years, My mother
died when I was little baby, since then my father has treated me so
special. Before the death of my father in November 2018. He told me
that he has the sum of ($3,500,000.) He left in a fixed suspense
account in one of the prime banks, that he used my name as his only
daughter for the next of Kin

My father told me because of the incessant political and terrorist
killings in our country, and to avoid me been kill by his enemies, I
should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I
will transfer this deposit and use it for investment purpose such as
real estate or hotel management, I am honorably seeking your
assistance in the following ways please:

(1) To provide a bank account into which this money will be transferred to.
(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am still a young girl
(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further
my education and again to secure a resident permit in your country,

I am willing to offer you 15% of the total deposit fund for your
effort and input in this transaction after the successful transfer of
this money into your nominated account overseas

Please, indicate your options towards assisting me as I believe that
this transaction would be concluded within seven (7) days you signify
your interest to assist me
I hope to read your positive reply urgently,
Thanks and God bless.
Yours Sincerely,
Miss Angela

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